28.7% ▲ +65.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berwick · Suburb / Locality
Language in Berwick
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 29% of people in Berwick speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse for its size. While most residents speak English, there is a significant variety of other languages used across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 28.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin (4.0%), Hindi (1.5%), and Punjabi (1.4%) being the most common. Around 3.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
3.1% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Berwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20224/berwick/topic/language