5.5% ▲ +324.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brookton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brookton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.4% of people in Brookton. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people using another language at home than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. However, the 1.1% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.1% ▲ +106.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50189/brookton/topic/language