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Burns Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Burns Beach

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

English is the main language for 84.6% of residents in Burns Beach. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it is well above the national average where nearly a quarter of people use another language at home.

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📍 Burns Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 13.3% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This includes small numbers of Mandarin and Arabic speakers, while only 0.9% of the population speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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13.3% ▲ +22.9%

Higher than 81% 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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0.9% ▲ +26.1%

Higher than 75% 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 Burns Beach, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 84.6% Mandarin 1.0% Arabic 0.8% Cantonese 0.5% Hindi 0.4% Punjabi 0.3% Tagalog 0.2% Italian 0.2%

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 Burns Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50221/burns-beach/topic/language