Italian
1,793 speakers
About 4.1 per cent of all residents.
8th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Chinese and the other languages of Burwood
Burwood has one clear second language, and it's Chinese (mostly Mandarin and Cantonese). At the 2021 Census, nearly three in five residents spoke a language other than English at home. The next four languages combined don't reach its total. Only seven councils rank higher for language diversity.
- Residents
- 43,728
- Speak another language
- 24,695
- Languages at home
- 94
- Change since 2016
- +4.4%
How large is Burwood's Chinese-speaking community?
Chinese at home
27%
The Chinese-speaking community numbers about 12,000 people. That's 48 per cent of those who speak a language other than English. The census counts Mandarin, Cantonese and Wu separately, and Mandarin leads. In five years, the Chinese-speaking group has held steady since 2016.
Is Burwood more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
Burwood has about two and a half times the rate of other-language speakers found nationally. Burwood is in the top ten of New South Wales' 128 councils.
- Burwood
- 56.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How does Chinese spread across Burwood's suburbs?
The Chinese-speaking share peaks in Burwood, at more than two in five residents.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Burwood (NSW)Led by Mandarin44%8,064
- Croydon (NSW)Led by Mandarin19%2,001
- Burwood HeightsLed by Mandarin18%198
- Enfield (NSW)Led by Mandarin17%488
- Croydon Park (NSW)Led by Italian11%1,139
- 5 suburbs in Burwood, ordered by the share of residents who speak Chinese at home. The figure beneath is how many people that is.
What else is spoken in Burwood?
The next tier is much smaller, but it's still sizeable.
What are the ten most spoken languages in Burwood?
Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.
How big is each language community in Burwood?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Where were Burwood's residents born, and what do they believe?
Overseas-born residents make up 50 per cent of residents, most often from China.
Country of birth
50.5% born overseas, across 100 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)7,613-3.4%
- 02Nepal1,646+146%
- 03Italy1,166-11.9%
- 04Vietnam1,064+26.2%
- 05India967-8.9%
- 06Hong Kong (SAR of China)849+9.0%
- 07Korea, Republic of (South)800-24.6%
- 08Lebanon7540%
- 09Malaysia746+137%
- 10Philippines666+34.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity18,873-4.2%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs15,894+16.2%
- 03Buddhism3,071+21.5%
- 04Hinduism2,559+47.7%
- 05Islam824+23.5%
- 06Judaism24+243%
Where does Burwood sit on the map of Australia's languages?
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.
The headline 56.5% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 2,280 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 61.7%, while measuring only those who answered gives 59.6%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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