24.6% ▲ +50.7%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Benowa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Benowa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Benowa speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. About 24.6% of residents use another language, a figure that has risen by 8.3 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area notably more linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69.8% of people speak only English, 6.4% use Mandarin and 1.5% speak Cantonese at home. Around 3.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
3.6% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Benowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309101267/benowa/topic/language