15.9% ▲ +67.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brookdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brookdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Brookdale, though a growing number of residents now use other languages at home. While 77% speak only English, the area has seen a rise in linguistic diversity compared to previous years, making it more diverse than many similar neighbourhoods.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, only 1.5% speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.
1.5% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Brookdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50187/brookdale/topic/language