20.1% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beacon Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Beacon Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in Beacon Hill use a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is higher than nearby suburbs, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20.1% of residents speak a language other than English, with Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese and Tagalog being the most common. This diversity is reflected in the 2.2% who speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Beacon Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10238/beacon-hill/topic/language