23.2% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brunswick East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Brunswick East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Brunswick East speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While about 23.2% of residents use another language, this figure has fallen by 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.9% of the area, with Italian (4.5%) and Greek (2.9%) being the most common others. A small number of residents, 2.6%, speak little or no English, which is higher than in most similar areas.
2.6% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Brunswick East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206011106/brunswick-east/topic/language