Hillwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Hillwood

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

English is the dominant tongue in Hillwood, where 91.4% of people speak only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average. Very few residents use a different language, and practically everyone speaks English well.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.7% of people use another language at home, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average of 8.7%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, it is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

2.7% ▲ +10.6%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 2.7%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Hillwood, English only is the majority at 99%; Hindi is next at 1%.

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 Hillwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60275/hillwood/topic/language