41.8% —
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Box Hill - Nelson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Box Hill - Nelson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Box Hill - Nelson speak only English at home, yet the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Around 42% of residents use a language other than English, which is a much higher figure than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 41.8% of people use another language at home—far above the New South Wales figure—only 3.2% speak little or no English. The most common non-English languages spoken here are Punjabi (4.8%), Hindi (3.6%), and Tagalog (2.9%).
3.2% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Box Hill - Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/115041623/box-hill-nelson/topic/language