15.9% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Freshwater - Brookvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Freshwater - Brookvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly 80% of people in Freshwater - Brookvale speak only English at home, which is a very high proportion. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This has risen slightly since 2011, yet only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Freshwater - Brookvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122031429/freshwater-brookvale/topic/language