Sunshine, Brimbank

Languages spoken in Sunshine (Vic.)

The 2021 Census found Vietnamese spoken at home by about 1,600 people in Sunshine, well ahead of any other language. Sunshine's share is above Australia as a whole, at more than twice the rate. In all, 70 languages are spoken in its homes.

Residents
9,370
Speak another language
52.6%-8.8%
Languages spoken
70
Born overseas
46.7%

How many people in Sunshine speak Vietnamese?

Vietnamese at home

17%

Chinese, in second place, has far fewer speakers.

What's spoken in Sunshine besides Vietnamese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    1,622+3.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    340+84.8%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    240-7.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    201-1.5%
  5. 05
    Greek
    188-15.7%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    141+4.4%
  7. 07
    Italian
    133-16.4%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    133-58.7%
  9. 09
    Telugu
    130+251%
  10. 10
    Urdu
    121+19.8%

How does Sunshine compare with Victoria?

Sunshine's share is above Victoria, at 2.0 times the rate.

Sunshine (Vic.)
52.6%
Australia
21.3%
Victoria
26.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Where were Sunshine's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, Vietnam leads.

  1. 01
    Vietnam
    1,281+5.1%
  2. 02
    India
    458-15.5%
  3. 03
    Nepal
    345+83.5%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    238+24.6%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    188-2.6%
  6. 06
    Myanmar
    169-56.6%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    129-3.7%
  8. 08
    Pakistan
    118-18.1%
  9. 09
    Italy
    104-8.8%
  10. 10
    England
    102-3.8%

What's Sunshine's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,469-16.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,934+34.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    951-5.3%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    629+23.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    537-16.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    30%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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