SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Ballarat

112,694 residents · 91+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.9%
12,324 people
Growth since last census
+97.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.34× Victoria avg
0.40× national avg
Population
112,694
CALD residents
12,324
Languages spoken
91
Fastest-growing
+471%
Narrative

Why this matters

Ballarat is home to 112,694 residents. 10.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 12,324 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Ballarat into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Mandarin902 · 0.8%
    17.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi735 · 0.7%
    191.7%
  3. 03
    Malayalam465 · 0.4%
    105.8%
  4. 04
    Hindi389 · 0.3%
    95.5%
  5. 05
    Nepali217 · 0.2%
    471.1%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese211 · 0.2%
    129.3%
  1. 01
    Urdu204 · 0.2%
    164.9%
  2. 02
    Filipino201 · 0.2%
    89.6%
  3. 03
    Spanish179 · 0.2%
    129.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese177 · 0.2%
    101.1%
  5. 05
    Tagalog159 · 0.1%
    18.7%
  6. 06
    Telugu159 · 0.1%
    169.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.9%
Mandarin
902 · +17.0%
Punjabi
735 · +191.7%
Malayalam
465 · +105.8%
Hindi
389 · +95.5%
Nepali
217 · +471.1%
Sinhalese
211 · +129.3%
Urdu
204 · +164.9%
Filipino
201 · +89.6%
Spanish
179 · +129.5%
Vietnamese
177 · +101.1%
Tagalog
159 · +18.7%
Telugu
159 · +169.5%
Cantonese
154 · -2.5%
Arabic
146 · +12.3%
Tamil
128 · +137.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin902 · 0.8%
    17.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi735 · 0.7%
    191.7%
  3. 03
    Malayalam465 · 0.4%
    105.8%
  4. 04
    Hindi389 · 0.3%
    95.5%
  5. 05
    Nepali217 · 0.2%
    471.1%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese211 · 0.2%
    129.3%
  7. 07
    Urdu204 · 0.2%
    164.9%
  8. 08
    Filipino201 · 0.2%
    89.6%
  9. 09
    Spanish179 · 0.2%
    129.5%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese177 · 0.2%
    101.1%
  11. 11
    Tagalog159 · 0.1%
    18.7%
  12. 12
    Telugu159 · 0.1%
    169.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+471.1%
217 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+191.7%
735 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
Telugu
+169.5%
159 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
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