72.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 75.6%
- 2021: 72.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berala · Suburb / Locality
Language in Berala
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge shift in the way people speak has seen Berala become a diverse hub where 72.5% of residents now use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, marking the area as one of the most linguistically varied in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken only by 21.3% of residents, while Mandarin (18%), Cantonese (14.4%), and Arabic (5.9%) are common. Because so many people use other languages, 24.3% speak little or no English, which is far above the 3.4% national figure.
24.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 Berala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10299/berala/topic/language