4.5% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richmond Hill · Urban Centre
Language in Richmond Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 95.3% of residents in Richmond Hill (L). While most people speak only English, the number of homes using other languages has risen slightly to 4.5% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English.
0.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Richmond Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121098/richmond-hill/topic/language