34.7% —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brookfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Brookfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Brookfield compared to the rest of the country. About 34.7% of residents use another language at home, which is 12 percentage points above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 60% of people, while Punjabi is the most common second language at 7.2%. Despite this diversity, the 4.3% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Victorian figure.
4.3% —
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041571/brookfield/topic/language