34.5% —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hillside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Hillside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in three people in Hillside speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with a wide range of cultural backgrounds reflected in daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 34.5% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While English is the main language for 61.9% of people, others include Arabic, Italian, Punjabi and Greek, though only 3.6% of the population speak little or no English.
3.6% —
Higher than 74% 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 Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041575/hillside/topic/language