38.6% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Castle Hill - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Castle Hill - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 39% of people in Castle Hill - East now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen steadily since 2016. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average. While English is still the main language, a significant number of residents use Mandarin or Cantonese daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin and Cantonese are the most common non-English languages, spoken by 12.4% and 5.6% of residents respectively. Although the proportion of people using other languages is far above the New South Wales figure, the 4.3% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state average.
4.3% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Castle Hill - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/115011554/castle-hill-east/topic/language