57.8% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cecil Hills · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cecil Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Cecil Hills now speak a language other than English at home, reflecting a significant shift in the area's cultural makeup. This linguistic diversity is far above the national figure, with 57.8% of residents using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 37.9% of residents, while Arabic and Vietnamese are the most common other languages at 8.4% and 8.0%. This diversity is reflected in the 9.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
9.6% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Cecil Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10864/cecil-hills/topic/language