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Burnside, South Australia

What Burnside speaks at home

Burnside has no single dominant second language: just over one in four residents spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Mandarin most often. The quickest climber in the top five is Sinhalese, which has grown by about three quarters since 2016. Burnside's share is higher than the share for South Australia.

Residents
43,062
Speak another language
11,446
Languages at home
92
Change since 2016
+22.4%

Which three languages are most common in Burnside?

Mandarin

3,660 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Cantonese

839 speakers

Spoken at home by 1.9 per cent of residents.

Italian

792 speakers

That's one in 50 residents.

How does Burnside compare with the City of Adelaide?

The City of Adelaide sits a little above Burnside. Burnside is in the top ten of South Australia's 70 councils.

Burnside
26.6%
City of Adelaide
34.4%
South Australia
16.9%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Every council ranked, Burnside included.

What are the most spoken languages in Burnside?

Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    3,660+39.9%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    839+16.0%
  3. 03
    Italian
    792-17.8%
  4. 04
    Greek
    612-4.7%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese
    453+71.6%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    397+41.8%
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    336+9.4%
  8. 08
    Korean
    295-19.4%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese
    280+37.3%
  10. 10
    Malayalam
    275+56.3%

What does Burnside's language mix look like?

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Burnside, covering 9,634 speakers. The larger the block, the more speakers; the shade marks growth or decline. Every figure is also in the table below.
  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Burnside, covering 9,634 speakers. The larger the block, the more speakers; the shade marks growth or decline. Every figure is also in the table below.

What's the fastest-growing language in Burnside?

Fastest-growing language

Sinhalese

+71.6% since 2016

Sinhalese has grown by about three quarters since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.

Where in Burnside is a language other than English most common?

The share runs from nearly one in two residents in Auldana to 11 per cent of residents in Eastwood.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

Where were Burnside's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

Country of birth

30.7% born overseas, across 110 countries.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2,676+33.4%
  2. 02
    England
    1,991-3.6%
  3. 03
    India
    1,337+48.1%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    814+7.7%
  5. 05
    Sri Lanka
    537+73.8%
  6. 06
    Italy
    467-20.7%
  7. 07
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    367+17.3%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    355+2.3%
  9. 09
    Iran
    301+15.8%
  10. 10
    Vietnam
    290+48.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    19,006+27.3%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    18,619-8.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    1,384+24.1%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    1,198+50.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    861+63.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    91-4.2%

How does Burnside look on the map?

Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.

Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.

Other sources sometimes quote 28.7% for Burnside. That figure treats the 918 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 26.6%, and 27.2% is the share among those who answered.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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