5.2% —
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hilltops · Council (LGA)
Language in Hilltops
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Hilltops compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.2% of residents use another language at home, which is 21 percentage points below the New South Wales figure. This creates a linguistic profile that is much more uniform than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.4% of people, though those using another language at home rose to 5.2% since 2016. While Arabic is the most common non-English language at 1.7%, very few residents—just 0.8%—speak little or no English.
0.8% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hilltops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13910/hilltops/topic/language