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Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)

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

Nearly 40% of people in Box Hill speak a language other than English at home, making it a remarkably multilingual hub. This diversity is much higher than in most other areas, with a high number of residents who speak little or no English.

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📍 Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 18.5%, while 56.5% of the area speaks only English. The proportion of people using another language at home rose 4.1 points since 2016 to 39.6%, far above the national figure of 22.3%.

People using another language at home

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39.6% —

Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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9.1% ▲ +14.0%

Higher than 92% of state electorate 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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In Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 65%; Mandarin is next at 21%.

English only 56.5% Mandarin 18.5% Cantonese 5.4% Greek 1.6% Vietnamese 1.1% Hindi 1.1% Italian 0.9% Punjabi 0.5% Arabic 0.3% Tagalog 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 (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21001/box-hill/topic/language