19.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berkeley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Berkeley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English compared to similar areas, making Berkeley a more linguistically diverse pocket of the region. Around 20% of people use another language at home, though this remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.8% of people use a language other than English at home, with Arabic being the most common after English. While this is much higher than in similar areas, the 3.2% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Australian figure.
3.2% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Berkeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10303/berkeley/topic/language