42.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brabham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brabham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 42% of people in Brabham speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This high level of linguistic diversity is one of the area's most striking features, with a wide range of global languages spoken in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 54.3% of residents, while Punjabi is the most common second language at 8.9%. This variety is reflected in the 42.1% who use another language at home, which is far above the 18.4% seen across Western Australia. A small number of people (4.0%) speak little or no English, which is a little above the state figure.
4.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Brabham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50173/brabham/topic/language