41.8% ▲ +47.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Baulkham Hills · Suburb / Locality
Language in Baulkham Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than four in ten people in Baulkham Hills now speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. While English remains the most common tongue, the area has a significant and growing variety of native languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 41.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Australian average of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 10.2% who speak Mandarin, as well as those speaking Cantonese, Hindi, and Arabic. A little more than 5.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is slightly above the national level.
5.6% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10233/baulkham-hills/topic/language