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Brighton, Bayside

What Brighton speaks at home

At the 2021 Census, 15 per cent of residents in Brighton spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. The next largest is Greek. Brighton's share is below Victoria. Residents born overseas most often come from England.

Residents
22,463
Speak another language
14.6%+2.8%
Languages spoken
63
Born overseas
24.7%

What languages are spoken in Brighton?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    900+27.8%
  2. 02
    Greek
    411-6.8%
  3. 03
    Russian
    302+10.6%
  4. 04
    Italian
    241-24.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    121+17.5%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    113-10.3%
  7. 07
    French
    106-35.8%
  8. 08
    German
    101-38.8%
  9. 09
    Japanese
    92+2.2%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese
    69+64.3%

Where were Brighton's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    1,2450%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    811+27.5%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    357-3.3%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    285+14.0%
  5. 05
    United States of America
    224-13.5%
  6. 06
    Italy
    178-11.4%
  7. 07
    India
    171+42.5%
  8. 08
    Germany
    153-12.1%
  9. 09
    Ireland
    139+39.0%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    137-2.1%

Where does Brighton sit against Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Brighton (Vic.)
14.6%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Brighton's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    10,566-7.8%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    9,456+22.2%
  3. 03
    Judaism
    818+17.9%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    316-11.0%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    136+119%
  6. 06
    Islam
    109+53.5%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Brighton (Vic.) is part of Bayside (Vic.), which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.