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We are Glenelg

We are Glenelg.

Home to one of the larger Nepali-speaking communities in Victoria, and 35 other language communities besides.

Our population
19,984
Speak another language
1,796
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+157.2%
36 languages are spoken at home in Glenelg. Nepali leads (47 speakers), with Filipino close behind (34). 9 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak Nepali at home
47
Our largest community language, Nepali, is spoken by 0.2% of Glenelg residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Nepali
47 speakers

47 speakers, 0.2% of Glenelg.

Filipino
34 speakers

34 speakers, 0.2% of Glenelg. +750% since 2021.

Tagalog
26 speakers

26 speakers, 0.1% of Glenelg. +8% since 2021.

The languages of Glenelg

36 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

Nepali
47 · 0.0%
Filipino
34 · +750.0%
Tagalog
26 · +8.3%
Maltese
23 · +187.5%
Punjabi
21 · 0.0%
Thai
18 · +12.5%
Arabic
17 · 0.0%
Japanese
17 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
15 · +66.7%
Greek
15 · +87.5%
Vietnamese
15 · +114.3%
Hindi
15 · +150.0%
Auslan
12 · 0.0%
French
12 · 0.0%
Mandarin
10 · -54.5%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Nepali47 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino34 · 0.2%
    750.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog26 · 0.1%
    8.3%
  4. 04
    Maltese23 · 0.1%
    187.5%
  5. 05
    Punjabi21 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Thai18 · 0.1%
    12.5%
  7. 07
    Arabic17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Japanese17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans15 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  10. 10
    Greek15 · 0.1%
    87.5%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese15 · 0.1%
    114.3%
  12. 12
    Hindi15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Filipino
+750.0% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

Our suburbs
Where we are
In context
Glenelg
9.0%
Victoria
32.6%
Australia
27.3%

9.0% of Glenelg residents speak a language other than English at home, against 32.6% for Victoria and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.