52.1% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Box Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Box Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of residents in Box Hill speak a language other than English at home, making it a far more multilingual area than most of Australia. This linguistic diversity has grown significantly, with the proportion of people using another language rising 14 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language, spoken by 27.4% of people, followed by Cantonese at 7.1%. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 14.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure far above the 3.4% national average.
14.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031163/box-hill/topic/language