15.6% —
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northern Beaches · Council (LGA)
Language in Northern Beaches
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Northern Beaches, where 81% of people speak only this language at home. While more residents use other languages than in many similar areas, the overall level of linguistic diversity remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.6% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2016. Only 1.6% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15990/northern-beaches/topic/language