Beaconsfield Upper · Urban Centre

Language in Beaconsfield Upper

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

English is the primary language for 90.3% of people in Beaconsfield Upper. While more people use a second language here than in most similar areas, the total remains far below the Victorian and national figures.

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📍 Beaconsfield Upper, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.7% of residents speak another language at home, though this has risen slightly since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, with just 0.2% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average.

4.7% ▲ +38.2%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 4.7%

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

0.2% ▼ -30.9%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Beaconsfield Upper, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian 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 Beaconsfield Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215010/beaconsfield-upper/topic/language