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Language in Surf Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way people communicate in Surf Beach, though a small number of residents use other languages. While most of the area speaks only English, about 6.2% of people use another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas.

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📍 Surf Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 85.5% of residents, and the few who use other languages most often speak Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese or Tagalog. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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6.2% ▲ +32.3%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▲ +13.0%

Higher than 66% 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.

Language used at home

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In Surf Beach, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 85.5% Italian 0.6% Mandarin 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Tagalog 0.3% Punjabi 0.2%

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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13712/surf-beach/topic/language