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Sunnybank · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sunnybank

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A diverse mix of sounds fills the streets of Sunnybank, where 57.1% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.

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📍 Sunnybank, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 26.7%, followed by Cantonese at 6.8%. Because of this diversity, 16.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is far above the 3.4% seen across Australia.

People using another language at home

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57.1% ▲ +20.2%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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16.2% ▼ -3.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Sunnybank, the largest group is English only at 49%, followed by Mandarin (34%) and Cantonese (9%).

English only 38.2% Mandarin 26.7% Cantonese 6.8% Vietnamese 2.6% Punjabi 1.5% Tagalog 1.1% Hindi 0.6% Arabic 0.5% Greek 0.3% Italian 0.3%

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/sal/SAL32694/sunnybank/topic/language