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Language in Box Hill

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

A massive 60.2% of people in Box Hill speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, where more than half the population uses a second language daily.

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📍 Box Hill, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common language at 33.9%, while 32.5% of residents speak only English. This diversity is reflected in the 18.8% who speak little or no English, a figure far above the 4.4% seen across Victoria.

People using another language at home

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60.2% ▲ +27.3%

Higher than 99% 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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18.8% ▲ +9.6%

Higher than 99% 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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Box Hill splits fairly evenly between Mandarin (42%) and English only (40%), with Cantonese at 11%.

Mandarin 33.9% English only 32.5% Cantonese 8.5% Vietnamese 1.7% Hindi 1.3% Italian 0.7% Greek 0.6% Punjabi 0.4% Tagalog 0.4% Arabic 0.3%

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 Box Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20314/box-hill/topic/language