23.9% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brentwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brentwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 72.8% of residents in Brentwood, though the area is notably diverse. About 23.9% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Language diversity is much higher here than in most similar areas, with 23.9% of people speaking a language other than English. The most common non-English languages are Mandarin at 7.1% and Cantonese at 2.6%, while 2.7% of residents speak little or no English.
2.7% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50178/brentwood/topic/language