12.1% ▲ +370.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Birchs Bay · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in ten people in Birchs Bay use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well above the state average, it remains far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, yet no one in the area reports speaking little or no English. Most people speak English only, accounting for 90.5% of the population.
12.1% ▲ +370.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Birchs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60046/birchs-bay/topic/language