55.0% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sunnybank · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Sunnybank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 33 percentage points separates Sunnybank from the national average for language diversity. More than half of the residents here speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 55% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen since 2011. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin, Cantonese, Punjabi and Vietnamese, while 11.9% of residents speak little or no English.
11.9% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Sunnybank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30306/sunnybank/topic/language