Beachport · Suburb / Locality

Language in Beachport

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

English is the dominant way of communicating in Beachport, where only 4.0% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure, making the town much less linguistically diverse than most parts of Australia.

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📍 Beachport, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 88.9% of residents speak only English. While very few people speak another language, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is actually higher than in most similar areas.

4.0% ▲ +96.6%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

0.4% ▲ —

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Beachport, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin 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 Beachport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40082/beachport/topic/language