Beacon Hill, Northern Beaches

The languages of Beacon Hill

At the 2021 Census, 20 per cent of residents in Beacon Hill spoke a language other than English at home, most often Italian. The next largest is Mandarin. The share speaking another language is below the figure for New South Wales.

Residents
7,525
Speak another language
19.6%+10.8%
Languages spoken
49
Born overseas
27.2%

What languages are spoken in Beacon Hill?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Italian
    243+0.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    170-23.1%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    108-6.1%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    76+35.7%
  5. 05
    Tagalog
    70+27.3%
  6. 06
    Korean
    64+6.7%
  7. 07
    Portuguese
    61+79.4%
  8. 08
    Serbian
    53+20.5%
  9. 09
    French
    43+16.2%
  10. 10
    German
    41-4.7%

Where were Beacon Hill's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    407-10.4%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    188-19.0%
  3. 03
    Italy
    179+7.2%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    160-10.6%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    122+76.8%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    88+22.2%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    56+16.7%
  8. 08
    Germany
    55+25.0%
  9. 09
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    54+28.6%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    52+23.8%

How does Beacon Hill compare with Australia as a whole?

Beacon Hill is about level with Australia as a whole.

Beacon Hill
19.6%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Beacon Hill's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,118-5.9%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,803+32.6%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    123-25.9%
  4. 04
    Islam
    65+110%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    53+121%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    6-33.3%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Beacon Hill is part of Northern Beaches, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.