91.5% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 91.8%
- 2016: 93.6%
- 2021: 91.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beswick · Suburb / Locality
Language in Beswick
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 91.5% of people in Beswick speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.4% of residents speak English exclusively. This high use of other languages is reflected in the 19.9% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above both the territory and national averages.
19.9% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Beswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70031/beswick/topic/language