10.7% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berri · Suburb / Locality
Language in Berri
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Berri now speak a language other than English at home. While 10.7% of residents use another language, this is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.1% of residents, while Greek and Punjabi are the most common other tongues. About 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in similar areas but a little below the Australian average.
1.7% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Berri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40098/berri/topic/language