Beerwah · Suburb / Locality

Language in Beerwah

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Beerwah, where only 4.4% of people speak another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.

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📍 Beerwah, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 90% of residents speak only English, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. While very few people speak another language, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.

4.4% ▲ +51.1%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.5% ▼ -26.4%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Beerwah, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

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 Beerwah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30205/beerwah/topic/language