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We are Murrindindi

We are Murrindindi.

Home to one of the larger Italian-speaking communities in Victoria, and 38 other language communities besides.

Our population
15,033
Speak another language
1,708
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+71.7%
39 languages are spoken at home in Murrindindi. Italian leads (43 speakers), with Malayalam close behind (25). 11 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
43
Our largest community language, Italian, is spoken by 0.3% of Murrindindi residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Italian
43 speakers

43 speakers, 0.3% of Murrindindi. +16% since 2021.

Malayalam
25 speakers

25 speakers, 0.2% of Murrindindi. +92% since 2021.

Punjabi
24 speakers

24 speakers, 0.2% of Murrindindi. +200% since 2021.

The languages of Murrindindi

39 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
43 · +16.2%
Malayalam
25 · +92.3%
Punjabi
24 · +200.0%
German
22 · +15.8%
Afrikaans
20 · +81.8%
Mandarin
19 · +11.8%
Greek
18 · -59.1%
Croatian
16 · +300.0%
French
16 · 0.0%
Spanish
16 · +77.8%
Tagalog
13 · +85.7%
Vietnamese
13 · +333.3%
Serbian
11 · +175.0%
Oromo
9 · 0.0%
Dutch
9 · -57.1%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Italian43 · 0.3%
    16.2%
  2. 02
    Malayalam25 · 0.2%
    92.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi24 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  4. 04
    German22 · 0.1%
    15.8%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans20 · 0.1%
    81.8%
  6. 06
    Mandarin19 · 0.1%
    11.8%
  7. 07
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    59.1%
  8. 08
    Croatian16 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  9. 09
    French16 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish16 · 0.1%
    77.8%
  11. 11
    Tagalog13 · 0.1%
    85.7%
  12. 12
    Vietnamese13 · 0.1%
    333.3%
Fastest-growing among us
Vietnamese
+333.3% 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
Murrindindi
11.4%
Victoria
32.6%
Australia
27.3%

11.4% of Murrindindi residents speak a language other than English at home, against 32.6% for Victoria and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.