69.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 72.3%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sunshine North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sunshine North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 70% of people in Sunshine North use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This high level of diversity means that for most residents, daily life involves navigating multiple languages and cultures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Vietnamese is the most common language spoken at home at 39%, while 23.7% speak only English. This diversity is reflected in the 20.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the national level of 3.4%.
20.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Sunshine North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22396/sunshine-north/topic/language