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Main Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Main Beach

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

More people in Main Beach speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. Despite this, only 8.8% of residents do so, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Main Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used at home for 79.6% of residents. While 0.5% speak little or no English, this is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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8.8% ▲ +1.5%

Higher than 74% 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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0.5% ▼ -44.5%

Higher than 69% 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 Main Beach, English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 79.6% Mandarin 0.9% Italian 0.8% Greek 0.4% Cantonese 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Main Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31735/main-beach/topic/language