8.6% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
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.
Far fewer people in Brighton use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. Only 8.6% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.7% of residents. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure a little below the South Australian average of 2.7%. While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011, Mandarin, Greek, and Italian remain the most common non-English languages.
0.9% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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/sa2/403011056/brighton/topic/language