42.9% ▲ +517.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Berrimah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Berrimah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 43% of Berrimah residents speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This high level of variety is far above the national figure, with a wide range of world languages heard across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 42.9% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. While English is used by 40.4%, Tagalog is the next most common at 9.5%, followed by Greek, Punjabi, and Vietnamese. Around 4.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure slightly above the national average.
4.6% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Berrimah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70029/berrimah/topic/language