3.6% ▲ +481.8%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beachport · Urban Centre
Language in Beachport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Beachport have started speaking a language other than English at home, with the figure rising to 3.6% since 2011. This remains far below the national average, as the vast majority of the community uses only English to communicate.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 85.7% of residents speak only English, those who use another language at home now make up 3.6% of the population. This is much lower than the Australian figure of 22.3%, though 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Beachport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421002/beachport/topic/language