Bees Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bees Creek

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

Around the middle of similar areas for its language mix, Bees Creek is a place where English is the dominant tongue. Only 4.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 87.4% of people at home, and only 0.5% of the population speak little or no English. This is a little below the national figure, although it is higher than most similar areas.

4.1% ▲ +7.6%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 4.1%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.5% ▲ —

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Bees Creek, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

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 Bees Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70026/bees-creek/topic/language