21.2% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beeliar · Suburb / Locality
Language in Beeliar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in Beeliar use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While English remains the main language for 74.9% of residents, the area shows a diverse mix of cultural backgrounds. This linguistic variety is a key feature of the local community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.2% of people speak another language at home, a figure a little above the Western Australian average. This diversity includes Tagalog, Italian and Mandarin, though the number of people who speak little or no English is low at 2.0%.
2.0% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Beeliar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50098/beeliar/topic/language