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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Northern Beaches Council area, 15.6% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Northern Beaches Council area's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Northern Beaches Council area's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
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Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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Northern Beaches Council area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Language summary | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2016 to 2021 |
Speaks English only | 213,359 | 81.0 | 57.3 | 201,773 | 79.8 | 58.4 | +11,586 |
Non-English total | 41,045 | 15.6 | 37.4 | 38,113 | 15.1 | 35.8 | +2,932 |
Not stated | 9,150 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 12,983 | 5.1 | 5.8 | -3,833 |
Total Population | 263,554 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 252,869 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,685 |
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Northern Beaches Council area in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a smaller proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 81.0% of the population used English only, and 15.6% used a non-English language, compared with 57.3% and 37.4% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Northern Beaches Council area was Mandarin, with 1.3% of the population, or 3,536 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Northern Beaches Council area and Greater Sydney in 2021 were:
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,932 or 7.7%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 11,586 or 5.7%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Northern Beaches Council area between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:
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