6.9% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brooklyn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.0% of people in Brooklyn. While more residents here use another language at home compared to most similar areas, the figure is still far below the New South Wales and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.9% of people use a language other than English at home, though only 0.7% speak little or no English. This small group of non-English speakers is higher than in most similar areas, yet well below the state figure of 4.5%.
0.7% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10596/brooklyn/topic/language