3.4% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hillside · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hillside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Hillside, with only 3.4% of people using another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and the Victorian average of 27.6%. While most residents speak English, a small number of people here speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 94.8% of people speak only English at home, with small numbers speaking Vietnamese and Italian. The 1.4% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is still well below the state figure.
1.4% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21192/hillside/topic/language