Blakebrook · Suburb / Locality

Language in Blakebrook

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A far lower proportion of people in Blakebrook speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language, only 3.0% of people in Blakebrook do, making it a very linguistically uniform area.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 96.2% of residents, and Italian is the only other language spoken at home at 4.5%. Despite this, the area has a higher rate of people who speak little or no English than most similar areas, though this remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.0%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 3.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Blakebrook, English only is the majority at 95%; Italian is next at 5%.

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 Blakebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10401/blakebrook/topic/language