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Sunshine West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Sunshine West

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Multilingualism is a core part of daily life in Sunshine West, where 61.9% of people speak another language at home. This is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia, creating a community where English is not the primary tongue for the majority of residents.

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📍 Sunshine West, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 61.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Vietnamese is the most common non-English language at 20.3%, and 15.6% of people speak little or no English, a rate far above the state average.

People using another language at home

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61.9% ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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15.6% ▼ -2.7%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Sunshine West, the largest group is English only at 47%, followed by Vietnamese (30%) and Greek (7%).

English only 31.7% Vietnamese 20.3% Greek 4.7% Cantonese 2.4% Arabic 1.9% Italian 1.9% Mandarin 1.8% Tagalog 1.1% Punjabi 0.7% Hindi 0.7%

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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011338/sunshine-west/topic/language