53.3% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burnside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Burnside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Burnside speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This high level of diversity is reflected in the wide range of languages spoken daily, with 53.3% of people using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 53.3% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. English is spoken by 41.2% of residents, while others speak Vietnamese (7.3%), Tagalog (3.9%), Arabic (2.4%) and Punjabi (1.9%), with 8.3% of the population speaking little or no English.
8.3% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041461/burnside/topic/language