Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Brentwood Population of the study includes all persons 5 years and over. Ability to speak English "very well" by age, and rate of linguistically isolated households* is shown in the second table.
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
22,341
100.0%
Speak only English
20,912
93.6%
Speak a language other than English
1,429
6.4%
Spanish
287
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
195
67.9%
Speak English "well"
35
12.2%
Speak English "not well"
57
19.9%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
607
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
468
77.1%
Speak English "well"
41
6.8%
Speak English "not well"
90
14.8%
Speak English "not at all"
8
1.3%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
487
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
269
55.2%
Speak English "well"
91
18.7%
Speak English "not well"
127
26.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
48
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
40
83.3%
Speak English "well"
8
16.7%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
22,341
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,429
6.4%
5 to 17 years
372
1.7%
18 to 64 years
1,022
4.6%
65 years and over
35
0.2%
Speak English less than "very well"
457
2.0%
5 to 17 years
114
0.5%
18 to 64 years
314
1.4%
65 years and over
29
0.1%
Linguistically isolated households*
55
Population 5 years and over in households*
22,103
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
184
0.8%
5 to 17 years
72
0.3%
18 to 64 years
112
0.5%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
