9.9% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Brighton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in South Brighton, where 87.3% of residents speak only this language. While the area is much more linguistically diverse than similar local spots, it remains far less diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.9% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. Only 1.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.4%.
1.4% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 South Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41353/south-brighton/topic/language