46.4% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Burwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in Burwood speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state, with 46.4% of residents using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 48.2% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 17.0%, Cantonese at 4.5%, Greek at 3.2%, and Hindi at 2.1%. While 7.5% of people speak little or no English—well above the national figure of 3.4%—this proportion has fallen slightly since 2016.
7.5% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031165/burwood/topic/language