15.0% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in West Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in West Beach, where only 15% of people use another language at home. This is well below the national figure of 22.3% and shows a community that is largely linguistically uniform.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 82.2% of residents speak only English, while Greek and Italian are the most common other languages. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.2% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 West Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404031109/west-beach/topic/language