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Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Brighton (Southern Metropolitan)

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

English is the dominant tongue for daily life in Brighton, where nearly 80% of people speak only this language at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria, a trend that has remained steady over the last few years.

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📍 Brighton (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 16.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This includes small groups speaking Mandarin, Greek and Italian, while just 1.8% of people speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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16.4% —

Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.8% ▼ -1.6%

Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.

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 Brighton (Southern Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 91%; Mandarin is next at 3%.

English only 79.3% Mandarin 3.0% Greek 1.9% Italian 1.2% Cantonese 0.5% Hindi 0.3% Arabic 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Tagalog 0.1% Punjabi 0.1%

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 Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21106/brighton/topic/language