35.3% ▲ +58.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beecroft · Suburb / Locality
Language in Beecroft
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wide variety of languages are spoken in daily life in Beecroft, where 35.3% of people use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and among the highest proportions seen in similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin (11.2%) and Cantonese (6.8%) are the most common non-English languages. While many people use other languages, the 4.3% who speak little or no English is about the same as the New South Wales average.
4.3% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Beecroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10249/beecroft/topic/language