Bundoora, Whittlesea

What Bundoora speaks at home

Bundoora, in Whittlesea, is a suburb of many languages: about 11,000 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Whittlesea. The census lists 83 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
27,387
Speak another language
40.8%-10.1%
Languages spoken
83
Born overseas
35.5%

How do Bundoora's languages rank?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,710-14.5%
  2. 02
    Greek
    1,015-3.6%
  3. 03
    Italian
    956-18.5%
  4. 04
    Macedonian
    914-4.2%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    700-25.7%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    567-12.1%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    478-14.2%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    391+16.7%
  9. 09
    Hindi
    344-14.4%
  10. 10
    Tamil
    281-2.1%

Why doesn't one language lead in Bundoora?

Mandarin leads with about 2,700 people. In all, 10 languages each reach at least one resident in 100.

Which countries are Bundoora's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up more than one in three residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2,127-26.7%
  2. 02
    India
    1,109+12.9%
  3. 03
    Sri Lanka
    610+9.3%
  4. 04
    Italy
    609-9.5%
  5. 05
    Greece
    545-6.5%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    429+23.3%
  7. 07
    North Macedonia
    426
  8. 08
    England
    388-7.4%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    355-22.7%
  10. 10
    Philippines
    220-22.5%

How does Bundoora compare with Australia as a whole?

Bundoora's share is above Australia as a whole, at 1.9 times the rate.

Bundoora (Vic.)
40.8%
Whittlesea
44.0%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Bundoora?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    13,838-5.7%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    8,529+9.7%
  3. 03
    Islam
    1,222-10.6%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    1,162-0.6%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    1,134+20.8%

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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Bundoora (Vic.) is part of Whittlesea, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.