15.8% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brighton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Brighton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Brighton, where only 15.8% of people use a different language at home. This is well below the national figure, though the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 80.5% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 4.0%. Only 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Victorian average.
1.9% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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/sa2/208011169/brighton/topic/language