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Burnside Heights, Melton

The languages of Burnside Heights

At the 2021 Census, about 3,700 people in Burnside Heights used a language other than English at home, most often Vietnamese, though no language dominates. Punjabi comes next. Burnside Heights' share is above Victoria, at more than twice the rate.

Residents
6,262
Speak another language
59.4%+9.7%
Languages spoken
68
Born overseas
47.3%

What are Burnside Heights' most spoken languages?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    606+32.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    305+38.0%
  3. 03
    Hindi
    247+47.9%
  4. 04
    Urdu
    213+54.3%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    212+11.0%
  6. 06
    Macedonian
    183-0.5%
  7. 07
    Tagalog
    173-16.0%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    123-0.8%
  9. 09
    Tamil
    117+91.8%
  10. 10
    Telugu
    104+79.3%

How spread out are Burnside Heights' languages?

Vietnamese leads with about 610 people. Each of 19 languages reaches one resident in 100.

Where were Burnside Heights' residents born?

India is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    India
    696+48.1%
  2. 02
    Vietnam
    394+39.2%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    307-7.5%
  4. 04
    Pakistan
    137+30.5%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    94+8.0%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    91-22.2%
  7. 07
    North Macedonia
    83
  8. 08
    Iraq
    82+310%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    77-14.4%
  10. 10
    Egypt
    700%

Is Burnside Heights more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Burnside Heights
59.4%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Burnside Heights' religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,004-3.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,084+13.7%
  3. 03
    Islam
    657+28.1%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    634+60.9%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    448+10.9%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3

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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