15.6% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydney - Northern Beaches · Region (SA4)
Language in Sydney - Northern Beaches
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking a language other than English in the Sydney - Northern Beaches since 2011. While 81% of residents speak only English, the share of people using another language at home rose to 15.6% at the last census.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, though it is higher than in most similar areas. Only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 52% of region (sa4) 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 Sydney - Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/122/sydney-northern-beaches/topic/language