36.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bonnie Brook · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Bonnie Brook from the national average in language diversity. More than a third of residents use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.6% of people here speak another language at home, which is well above the Victorian figure. This diversity is reflected in the use of Punjabi, Hindi, Italian and Vietnamese, while 5.7% of residents speak little or no English.
36.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bonnie Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20282/bonnie-brook/topic/language