42.8% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Brinkin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Brinkin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 43% of people in Brinkin speak a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it a linguistically diverse pocket of the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the primary language for 50.2% of residents, others commonly speak Greek, Mandarin, Punjabi or Vietnamese. Only 2.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average.
2.7% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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 Brinkin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70040/brinkin/topic/language