34.1% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury · Region (SA4)
Language in Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 11 percentage points since 2011 means far more people now speak a language other than English at home in Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury. Now, 34.1% of the population uses another language, which is far above the national figure. This shift highlights the area's growing linguistic diversity over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 63% of people speak only English, those using another language at home are much more common here than in most areas. Mandarin is the most frequent non-English tongue at 7.3%, though the 4% who speak little or no English is about the same as the New South Wales average.
4.0% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 80% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/115/sydney-baulkham-hills-and-hawkesbury/topic/language