47.6% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hillsdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hillsdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost half of all residents in Hillsdale speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This linguistic diversity is a defining feature of the area, where 47.6% of people use a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 46.2% of people, while others include Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Hindi. This diversity is reflected in the 7.2% who speak little or no English, which is well above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
7.2% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Hillsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11918/hillsdale/topic/language