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.
Beaconsfield Upper · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.2% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 51% of urban centre 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 Beaconsfield Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215010/beaconsfield-upper/topic/language