45.7% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sydenham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sydenham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Sydenham speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. The area's high diversity is reflected in the variety of languages spoken daily, from Punjabi to Vietnamese.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45.7% of people use another language at home, which is far above the Victorian average of 27.6%. This diversity is linked to a higher proportion of people who speak little or no English (6.4%) compared to the national figure of 3.4%. While English is the main language for 49.3%, Punjabi is the most common other language at 5.7%.
6.4% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Sydenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22414/sydenham/topic/language