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We are Golden Plains

We are Golden Plains.

Home to one of the larger Italian-speaking communities in Victoria, and 44 other language communities besides.

Our population
24,831
Speak another language
1,786
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+97.1%
45 languages are spoken at home in Golden Plains. Italian leads (48 speakers), with Maltese close behind (44). 7 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 Italian at home
48
Our largest community language, Italian, is spoken by 0.2% of Golden Plains residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Italian
48 speakers

48 speakers, 0.2% of Golden Plains. -28% since 2021.

Maltese
44 speakers

44 speakers, 0.2% of Golden Plains. +529% since 2021.

German
43 speakers

43 speakers, 0.2% of Golden Plains. +30% since 2021.

The languages of Golden Plains

45 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.

Italian
48 · -28.4%
Maltese
44 · +528.6%
German
43 · +30.3%
Auslan
34 · +385.7%
Croatian
33 · -17.5%
Dutch
30 · +57.9%
Greek
25 · +127.3%
Mandarin
23 · +155.6%
French
21 · -27.6%
Thai
18 · -5.3%
Serbian
17 · -10.5%
Spanish
17 · -22.7%
Macedonian
17 · +6.3%
Polish
15 · +275.0%
Afrikaans
14 · 0.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Italian48 · 0.2%
    28.4%
  2. 02
    Maltese44 · 0.2%
    528.6%
  3. 03
    German43 · 0.2%
    30.3%
  4. 04
    Auslan34 · 0.1%
    385.7%
  5. 05
    Croatian33 · 0.1%
    17.5%
  6. 06
    Dutch30 · 0.1%
    57.9%
  7. 07
    Greek25 · 0.1%
    127.3%
  8. 08
    Mandarin23 · 0.1%
    155.6%
  9. 09
    French21 · 0.1%
    27.6%
  10. 10
    Thai18 · 0.1%
    5.3%
  11. 11
    Serbian17 · 0.1%
    10.5%
  12. 12
    Spanish17 · 0.1%
    22.7%
Fastest-growing among us
Maltese
+528.6% 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
Golden Plains
7.2%
Victoria
32.6%
Australia
27.3%

7.2% of Golden Plains residents speak a language other than English at home, against 32.6% for Victoria and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.