SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Bass Coast

40,426 residents · 55+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.9%
4,425 people
Growth since last census
+65.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.34× Victoria avg
0.40× national avg
Population
40,426
CALD residents
4,425
Languages spoken
55
Fastest-growing
+243%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bass Coast is home to 40,426 residents. 10.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,425 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bass Coast 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
    Italian282 · 0.7%
    7.2%
  2. 02
    Greek138 · 0.3%
    29.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish118 · 0.3%
    96.7%
  4. 04
    German111 · 0.3%
    19.4%
  5. 05
    Mandarin92 · 0.2%
    37.3%
  6. 06
    Punjabi72 · 0.2%
    242.9%
  1. 01
    Dutch62 · 0.2%
    7.5%
  2. 02
    Malayalam60 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  3. 03
    Thai59 · 0.1%
    55.3%
  4. 04
    French58 · 0.1%
    107.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese49 · 0.1%
    88.5%
  6. 06
    Cantonese41 · 0.1%
    32.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.9%
Italian
282 · +7.2%
Greek
138 · +29.0%
Spanish
118 · +96.7%
German
111 · +19.4%
Mandarin
92 · +37.3%
Punjabi
72 · +242.9%
Dutch
62 · -7.5%
Malayalam
60 · +100.0%
Thai
59 · +55.3%
French
58 · +107.1%
Vietnamese
49 · +88.5%
Cantonese
41 · +32.3%
Filipino
36 · +100.0%
Nepali
32 · +52.4%
Japanese
31 · +158.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian282 · 0.7%
    7.2%
  2. 02
    Greek138 · 0.3%
    29.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish118 · 0.3%
    96.7%
  4. 04
    German111 · 0.3%
    19.4%
  5. 05
    Mandarin92 · 0.2%
    37.3%
  6. 06
    Punjabi72 · 0.2%
    242.9%
  7. 07
    Dutch62 · 0.2%
    7.5%
  8. 08
    Malayalam60 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  9. 09
    Thai59 · 0.1%
    55.3%
  10. 10
    French58 · 0.1%
    107.1%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese49 · 0.1%
    88.5%
  12. 12
    Cantonese41 · 0.1%
    32.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+242.9%
72 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Japanese
+158.3%
31 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+107.1%
58 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Bass Coast.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.