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North Brighton · Suburb / Locality

Language in North Brighton

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Just 9% of people in North Brighton use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.

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📍 North Brighton, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 84.8% of the community, with Mandarin at 1.3% being the most common second language. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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9.0% ▲ +21.4%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% ▼ -18.0%

Higher than 75% 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.

Language used at home

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In North Brighton, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 84.8% Mandarin 1.3% Greek 0.8% Arabic 0.6% Italian 0.4% Cantonese 0.2% Hindi 0.2%

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 North Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41041/north-brighton/topic/language