27.6% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brunswick West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brunswick West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A well above national rate of 27.6% for people using another language at home defines Brunswick West. This figure is about the same as the Victorian state average, though it is much higher than the figure for Australia as a whole.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 69% of residents, Italian (4.5%) and Greek (4.4%) are the most common other tongues spoken. About 3.6% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.6% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20363/brunswick-west/topic/language