27.4% ▲ +87.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beaumont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Beaumont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Beaumont now speak a language other than English at home. Nearly 27.4% of the population uses a second language, a figure that is well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 70% of residents, but Mandarin is common here at 9.4%. While the proportion of people using other languages is among the highest for similar areas, those who speak little or no English remain low at 2.2%.
2.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Beaumont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40085/beaumont/topic/language