Box Hill, The Hills
The languages of Box Hill
At the 2021 Census, about 2,900 people in Box Hill used a language other than English at home, most often Punjabi, though no language dominates. Hindi comes next. Box Hill's share is above Australia as a whole, at more than twice the rate.
- Residents
- 6,403
- Speak another language
- 45.1%+1762%
- Languages spoken
- 52
- Born overseas
- 43.0%
Which languages are spoken in Box Hill?
- 01Punjabi315+7775%
- 02Hindi235+5775%
- 03Urdu204
- 04Nepali196
- 05Tagalog185
- 06Mandarin154+927%
- 07Gujarati151
- 08Korean120+3900%
- 09Sinhalese119
- 10Tamil117
How spread out are Box Hill's languages?
The largest, Punjabi, is spoken by one in 20 residents. Each of 16 languages reaches one resident in 100.
Where were Box Hill's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, India leads.
- 01India777+25800%
- 02Philippines335+11067%
- 03Pakistan153
- 04Nepal152
- 05Sri Lanka142
- 06England118+883%
- 07China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)111
- 08South Africa100+1900%
- 09Iran99
- 10Korea, Republic of (South)96+3100%
Is Box Hill more multilingual than New South Wales?
The share speaking another language is 1.8 times the figure for New South Wales.
- Box Hill (NSW)
- 45.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Box Hill's religious mix?
- 01Christianity3,015+370%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,312+894%
- 03Hinduism957+19040%
- 04Islam499
- 05Buddhism153+1175%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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Box Hill (NSW) is part of The Hills, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.