3.3% ▲ +72.1%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brighton · Council (LGA)
Language in Brighton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Brighton than in most similar areas. Only 3.3% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the proportion of people using another language rose slightly since 2011, English is still used by 91.1% of the population. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and very few people (0.4%) speak little or no English.
0.4% ▲ +123.9%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60410/brighton/topic/language