55.0% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burwood East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Burwood East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the most common language in Burwood East, spoken exclusively by 42.4% of residents. However, the area is far more linguistically diverse than most, with over half the population speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 55% of people here use another language at home, which is far above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This high diversity is reflected in the 11.3% who speak little or no English, a rate well above the national average of 3.4%. Beyond English, the most common languages are Mandarin (19.3%), Greek (7.6%), and Cantonese (6.3%).
11.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Burwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20427/burwood-east/topic/language