44.0% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hillcrest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Hillcrest speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This diversity is reflected in the daily lives of the community, where 44% of people use a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 51.5% of people, while Punjabi (5.7%), Mandarin (5.2%), and Hindi (3.3%) are also common. About 4.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
4.9% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40592/hillcrest/topic/language