Burwood, Whitehorse

What Burwood speaks at home

Chinese is the main language after English in Burwood, spoken at home by just over one in five residents at the 2021 Census. Greek is second. Burwood's share is above Australia as a whole, at more than twice the rate.

Residents
14,693
Speak another language
43.8%-2.6%
Languages spoken
64
Born overseas
45.1%

How many people in Burwood speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

22%

Mandarin is the larger variety here.

Which other languages are spoken in Burwood?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,487-8.2%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    674-1.5%
  3. 03
    Greek
    443-6.5%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese
    328+0.9%
  5. 05
    Hindi
    280+18.6%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    233-7.5%
  7. 07
    Tamil
    141+24.8%
  8. 08
    Italian
    138-21.6%
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    116-18.9%
  10. 10
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    110+93.0%

Where does Burwood sit against Whitehorse?

The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Whitehorse.

Burwood (Vic.)
43.8%
Australia
21.3%
Whitehorse
40.2%

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

Which countries are Burwood's residents from?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2,026-22.6%
  2. 02
    India
    940+53.8%
  3. 03
    Sri Lanka
    463+12.1%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    462-1.9%
  5. 05
    England
    308+2.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnam
    2530%
  7. 07
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    2270%
  8. 08
    Greece
    215-10.8%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    154+67.4%
  10. 10
    New Zealand
    150+27.1%

What religions are reported in Burwood?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,097+7.2%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    5,529-6.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    967-0.5%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    872+65.2%
  5. 05
    Islam
    275-13.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    38-36.7%

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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