40.2% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brooklyn Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brooklyn Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Brooklyn Park speak a language other than English at home than in the rest of the state. About 40.2% of the population use another language, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 56% of residents, but Punjabi (6.8%), Greek (4.5%), and Italian (3.3%) are also common. Around 4.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
4.6% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 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 Brooklyn Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40167/brooklyn-park/topic/language