5.1% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 90.3% of people in Palm Beach, making it an area where very few residents use another language at home. While this is far below the national figure, it is actually higher than most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English.
5.1% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13143/palm-beach/topic/language