39.2% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Seabrook · Suburb / Locality
Language in Seabrook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Seabrook speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with a wide range of cultural backgrounds represented in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 56.4% of residents speak only English, 39.2% use another language at home, a rate far above that of Victoria and Australia. Other common languages include Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic, and Vietnamese, and about 4.6% of people speak little or no English.
4.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Seabrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22247/seabrook/topic/language