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We are Indigo

We are Indigo.

Home to one of the larger Italian-speaking communities in Victoria, and 23 other language communities besides.

Our population
17,285
Speak another language
1,344
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+36.0%
24 languages are spoken at home in Indigo. Italian leads (48 speakers), with German close behind (33). 8 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 0.3% of Indigo residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Italian
48 speakers

48 speakers, 0.3% of Indigo. +37% since 2021.

German
33 speakers

33 speakers, 0.2% of Indigo. -18% since 2021.

Auslan
21 speakers

21 speakers, 0.1% of Indigo. +320% since 2021.

The languages of Indigo

24 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 · +37.1%
German
33 · -17.5%
Auslan
21 · +320.0%
Mandarin
19 · 0.0%
French
17 · +6.3%
Dutch
15 · 0.0%
Swedish
15 · -28.6%
Malayalam
13 · +44.4%
Nepali
9 · 0.0%
Thai
8 · -42.9%
Spanish
8 · -27.3%
Japanese
7 · +133.3%
Filipino
6 · +50.0%
Frisian
5 · 0.0%
Tagalog
4 · -50.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Italian48 · 0.3%
    37.1%
  2. 02
    German33 · 0.2%
    17.5%
  3. 03
    Auslan21 · 0.1%
    320.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    French17 · 0.1%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Swedish15 · 0.1%
    28.6%
  8. 08
    Malayalam13 · 0.1%
    44.4%
  9. 09
    Nepali9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Thai8 · 0.0%
    42.9%
  11. 11
    Spanish8 · 0.0%
    27.3%
  12. 12
    Japanese7 · 0.0%
    133.3%
Fastest-growing among us
Auslan
+320.0% 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
Indigo
7.8%
Victoria
32.6%
Australia
27.3%

7.8% of Indigo residents speak a language other than English at home, against 32.6% for Victoria and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.