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Language in Hillston

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary tongue for 72.9% of people in Hillston. While this is the dominant language, nearly 15% of residents speak a different language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas.

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📍 Hillston, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 14.7% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes small numbers of Punjabi, Arabic, and Hindi speakers, and 2.8% of the population speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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14.7% ▲ +255.4%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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2.8% ▲ +48.8%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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.

Language used at home

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In Hillston, English only is the majority at 95%; Punjabi is next at 3%.

English only 72.9% Punjabi 2.0% Arabic 0.6% Hindi 0.3% Mandarin 0.3% Cantonese 0.3% Tagalog 0.3% Italian 0.2%

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 Hillston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11919/hillston/topic/language