Sunshine North
Language used at home
In Sunshine North, 72.1439 of people used a language other than English at home in 2016.
Sunshine North's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Sunshine North's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Sunshine North - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Australia % | Number | % | Australia % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Speaks English only | 2,627 | 22.4 | 72.7 | 36500 | 2,964 | 29.2 | 78.5 | -337 |
 Non-English total | 8,443 | 72.1 | 20.8 | 36501 | 6,738 | 66.4 | 15.8 | +1,705 |
| Not stated | 633 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 36502 | 449 | 4.4 | 5.7 | +184 |
| Total Population | 11,703 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10,151 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,552 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Sunshine North - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Australia % | Number | % | Australia % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Vietnamese | 4,272 | 36.5 | 1.2 | 36037 | 2,897 | 28.5 | 1.0 | +1,375 |
| Maltese | 545 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 36027 | 721 | 7.1 | 0.2 | -176 |
| Cantonese | 523 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 36006 | 619 | 6.1 | 1.2 | -96 |
| Italian | 298 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 36022 | 432 | 4.3 | 1.6 | -134 |
| Spanish | 176 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 36034 | 225 | 2.2 | 0.5 | -49 |
| Arabic | 168 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 36004 | 135 | 1.3 | 1.2 | +33 |
| Greek | 148 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 36015 | 196 | 1.9 | 1.3 | -48 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 146 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 36011 | 128 | 1.3 | 0.5 | +18 |
| Tamil | 136 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 36035 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +115 |
| Mandarin | 124 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 36007 | 56 | 0.6 | 1.1 | +68 |
| Croatian | 117 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 36009 | 134 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -17 |
| Punjabi | 117 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 36088 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +98 |
| Burmese | 101 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 36053 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +101 |
| Hindi | 98 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 36016 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +80 |
| Polish | 90 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 36028 | 189 | 1.9 | 0.3 | -99 |
| Chin Haka | 89 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 36003 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tigrinya | 74 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 36112 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Min Nan (incl.Hokkien) | 62 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 36068 | 67 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -5 |
| Urdu | 57 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 36108 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +50 |
| Turkish | 52 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36036 | 78 | 0.8 | 0.3 | -26 |
| Serbian | 47 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36032 | 55 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -8 |
| Hakka | 39 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 36065 | 37 | 0.4 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Non-verbal so described | 35 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36082 | 27 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Dinka | 34 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36059 | 86 | 0.8 | 0.0 | -52 |
| Persian | 33 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36019 | 0 | -- | 0.1 | +33 |
| Pashto | 31 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 36086 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +31 |
| Macedonian | 28 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36026 | 61 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -33 |
| Bengali | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36050 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Hazaraghi | 25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Thai | 25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36102 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Somali | 24 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36094 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Samoan | 23 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36031 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Sinhalese | 22 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36033 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +2 |
| German | 22 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36014 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Nepali | 21 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36081 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Oromo | 19 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36085 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Ukrainian | 19 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36107 | 38 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -19 |
| Telugu | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36099 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Karen | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36072 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +16 |
| Fijian | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36061 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Kurdish | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36073 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +15 |
| Portuguese | 14 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36029 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -11 |
| Indonesian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 36018 | 0 | -- | 0.2 | +12 |
| Amharic | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36046 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -4 |
| Romanian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36089 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Serbo-Croatian Yugoslavian, so described | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36090 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Bosnian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36051 | 31 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -20 |
| Hungarian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36017 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -11 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Sunshine North in 2016 compared to Australia shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 22.4% of the population used English only, and 72.1 used a non-English language, compared with 72.7% and 20.8% respectively for Australia.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Sunshine North was Vietnamese, with 36.5% of the population, or 4,272 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Sunshine North and Australia in 2016 were:
- A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (36.5% compared to 1.2%)
- A larger percentage using Maltese at home (4.7% compared to 0.1%)
- A larger percentage using Cantonese at home (4.5% compared to 1.2%)
- A smaller percentage using Mandarin at home (1.1% compared to 2.5%)
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 1,705 or 25.3%, and the number of people who used English only decreased by 337 or 11.4%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Sunshine North between 2006 and 2016 were for those using:
- Vietnamese (+1,375 persons)
- Maltese (-176 persons)
- Italian (-134 persons)
- Tamil (+115 persons)