Brightwaters, Lake Macquarie

Languages spoken in Brightwaters

Almost every home in Brightwaters speaks English only. The 2021 Census counted 35 people using another language, most often Greek. No language other than English reaches one resident in 100. The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for New South Wales.

Residents
866
Speak another language
4.0%+40.0%
Languages spoken
7
Born overseas
11.1%

What languages do people in Brightwaters speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Greek
    7+40.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans
    5
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    4-50.0%
  4. 04
    Hungarian
    40%
  5. 05
    Tagalog
    4
  6. 06
    Bengali
    3
  7. 07
    Maori (New Zealand)
    3

Is Brightwaters more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Brightwaters' share is below Australia as a whole.

Brightwaters
4.0%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

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

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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