69.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sunshine North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Sunshine North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 70% of people in Sunshine North speak a language other than English at home, a figure among the highest for similar areas. This makes the suburb far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia. Vietnamese is the most common language spoken here, used by 39% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69.6% of residents use another language at home, 20.6% speak little or no English, which is far above the national figure of 3.4%. This high rate of non-English use is consistent with Vietnamese being the most spoken language after English.
20.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Sunshine North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011337/sunshine-north/topic/language