21.1% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bondi Beach · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bondi Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Bondi Beach is shaped by a mix of global backgrounds, where 21.1% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most areas, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak English, but a variety of other languages are heard throughout the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.1% of residents, followed by Italian at 1.9% and Greek at 0.7%. About 1.3% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas, though well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.3% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Bondi Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10463/bondi-beach/topic/language