11.4% ▲ +48.8%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sunbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Sunbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for similar areas, Sunbury is a place where English is the dominant language. Only 11.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the share of people using another language rose 3.7 points since 2011, it remains far below the Victorian average. English is spoken by 84.5% of the population, and very few people—just 1.0%—speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21004/sunbury/topic/language