12.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hilton · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A diverse range of voices fills the streets of Hilton, where 12.1% of people use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.}
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 79% of residents, though 1.7% speak Italian and small numbers use Arabic, Mandarin or Vietnamese. Only 1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the 3.4% national average.
12.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.0% ▼ -38.9%
Higher than 76% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50641/hilton/topic/language