SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Hilltops

19,063 residents · 38+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.8%
2,242 people
Growth since last census
+98.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.37× New South Wales avg
0.43× national avg
Population
19,063
CALD residents
2,242
Languages spoken
38
Fastest-growing
+370%
Narrative

Why this matters

Hilltops is home to 19,063 residents. 11.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,242 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Hilltops into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Arabic329 · 1.7%
    74.1%
  2. 02
    Mandarin72 · 0.4%
    118.2%
  3. 03
    Punjabi53 · 0.3%
    178.9%
  4. 04
    Filipino47 · 0.2%
    370.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog38 · 0.2%
    52.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish29 · 0.2%
    141.7%
  1. 01
    Serbian25 · 0.1%
    37.5%
  2. 02
    Malayalam15 · 0.1%
    114.3%
  3. 03
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    71.4%
  4. 04
    Wiradjuri13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    German13 · 0.1%
    85.7%
  6. 06
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.8%
Arabic
329 · +74.1%
Mandarin
72 · +118.2%
Punjabi
53 · +178.9%
Filipino
47 · +370.0%
Tagalog
38 · +52.0%
Spanish
29 · +141.7%
Serbian
25 · -37.5%
Malayalam
15 · +114.3%
Italian
14 · -71.4%
Wiradjuri
13 · 0.0%
German
13
Auslan
12
Samoan
12
Indonesian
11
Urdu
11
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Arabic329 · 1.7%
    74.1%
  2. 02
    Mandarin72 · 0.4%
    118.2%
  3. 03
    Punjabi53 · 0.3%
    178.9%
  4. 04
    Filipino47 · 0.2%
    370.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog38 · 0.2%
    52.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish29 · 0.2%
    141.7%
  7. 07
    Serbian25 · 0.1%
    37.5%
  8. 08
    Malayalam15 · 0.1%
    114.3%
  9. 09
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    71.4%
  10. 10
    Wiradjuri13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    German13 · 0.1%
    85.7%
  12. 12
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
+370.0%
47 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+178.9%
53 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Indonesian
+175.0%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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