Pickering Brook · Suburb / Locality

Language in Pickering Brook

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Far fewer people use a language other than English in Pickering Brook compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians speak another language at home, that figure is just 5.7% in this area. This makes the community much less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 89.5% of residents, with Italian being the most common second language at 3.3%. This lack of diversity is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.

5.7% ▼ -55.0%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.7%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Pickering Brook, English only is the majority at 96%; Italian is next at 4%.

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 Pickering Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51237/pickering-brook/topic/language