32.7% ▲ +91.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brahma Lodge · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than three out of ten people in Brahma Lodge speak another language at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This linguistic diversity is a standout feature of the place, with the community being far more multilingual than the rest of South Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
About 32.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This is reflected in the 9.0% of people who speak little or no English, a rate well above the national figure of 3.4%. While 61.8% speak only English, other common languages include Vietnamese, Arabic, Italian and Punjabi.
32.7% ▲ +91.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
9.0% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 98% 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 Brahma Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40153/brahma-lodge/topic/language