26.0% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beveridge · Suburb / Locality
Language in Beveridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Well over a quarter of people in Beveridge use a language other than English at home, a figure that is well above the national average. This linguistic diversity is most visible in the high proportion of residents who speak languages other than English compared to most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26% of residents speak a language other than English at home, with Punjabi being the most common at 7.8%, followed by Hindi, Italian and Arabic. While this is much higher than most similar areas, only 2.4% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20233/beveridge/topic/language