27.1% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brunswick - Coburg · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Brunswick - Coburg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A drop of 8 percentage points since 2011 marks a shift in the languages spoken across Brunswick - Coburg. While 27.1% of people now use a language other than English at home, the area remains much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 27.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While 69.6% speak only English, the most common other languages are Italian (5.4%), Greek (4.9%), Arabic (2.8%) and Mandarin (1.7%). Around 4.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
4.3% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 - Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20601/brunswick-coburg/topic/language