3.8% ▲ +83.0%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Beverley · Urban Centre
Language in Beverley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few residents in Beverley (L) use a language other than English at home, putting the area around the middle for similar places. Only 3.8% of people speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While English remains the dominant tongue, the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.4% of the population, and the number of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas at 1.2%. This figure is still a little below the national average of 3.4%.
1.2% ▲ +254.4%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
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 Beverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521003/beverley/topic/language