Brooklyn, Hobsons Bay

Languages spoken in Brooklyn (Vic.)

At the 2021 Census, 31 per cent of residents in Brooklyn spoke a language other than English at home, most often Vietnamese. Brooklyn's share is above Hobsons Bay, at 1.2 times the rate. Residents born overseas most often come from India.

Residents
1,947
Speak another language
31.5%-13.2%
Languages spoken
36
Born overseas
33.9%

What's spoken at home in Brooklyn?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    80-15.8%
  2. 02
    Italian
    59-28.9%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    57-16.2%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    55+450%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    49+4.3%
  6. 06
    Telugu
    30+275%
  7. 07
    Indonesian
    28+100%
  8. 08
    Greek
    27-6.9%
  9. 09
    Albanian
    25+38.9%
  10. 10
    Macedonian
    18+5.9%

Where were Brooklyn's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    65+54.8%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    64+6.7%
  3. 03
    Vietnam
    56-32.5%
  4. 04
    Italy
    47-26.6%
  5. 05
    Colombia
    41+486%
  6. 06
    England
    40+8.1%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    26-45.8%
  8. 08
    Indonesia
    24+140%
  9. 09
    North Macedonia
    17
  10. 10
    Ireland
    16

Is Brooklyn more multilingual than Victoria?

Brooklyn's share is above Victoria, at 1.2 times the rate.

Brooklyn (Vic.)
31.5%
Hobsons Bay
25.9%
Victoria
26.6%

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

What's Brooklyn's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    755+30.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    749-11.6%
  3. 03
    Islam
    132-2.9%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    77+1.3%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    68+113%

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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