SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Baw Baw

57,541 residents · 70+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.6%
5,550 people
Growth since last census
+134.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× Victoria avg
0.35× national avg
Population
57,541
CALD residents
5,550
Languages spoken
70
Fastest-growing
+522%
Narrative

Why this matters

Baw Baw is home to 57,541 residents. 9.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,550 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Baw Baw 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
    Mandarin239 · 0.4%
    106.0%
  2. 02
    Italian161 · 0.3%
    35.1%
  3. 03
    Punjabi139 · 0.2%
    143.9%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese126 · 0.2%
    207.3%
  5. 05
    German104 · 0.2%
    1.0%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese99 · 0.2%
    330.4%
  1. 01
    Dutch79 · 0.1%
    31.3%
  2. 02
    Spanish66 · 0.1%
    32.0%
  3. 03
    Thai63 · 0.1%
    186.4%
  4. 04
    Filipino61 · 0.1%
    165.2%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans59 · 0.1%
    136.0%
  6. 06
    Malayalam56 · 0.1%
    522.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.6%
Mandarin
239 · +106.0%
Italian
161 · -35.1%
Punjabi
139 · +143.9%
Sinhalese
126 · +207.3%
German
104 · -1.0%
Vietnamese
99 · +330.4%
Dutch
79 · -31.3%
Spanish
66 · +32.0%
Thai
63 · +186.4%
Filipino
61 · +165.2%
Afrikaans
59 · +136.0%
Malayalam
56 · +522.2%
Greek
54 · +25.6%
Urdu
54 · +390.9%
Hindi
53 · +253.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin239 · 0.4%
    106.0%
  2. 02
    Italian161 · 0.3%
    35.1%
  3. 03
    Punjabi139 · 0.2%
    143.9%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese126 · 0.2%
    207.3%
  5. 05
    German104 · 0.2%
    1.0%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese99 · 0.2%
    330.4%
  7. 07
    Dutch79 · 0.1%
    31.3%
  8. 08
    Spanish66 · 0.1%
    32.0%
  9. 09
    Thai63 · 0.1%
    186.4%
  10. 10
    Filipino61 · 0.1%
    165.2%
  11. 11
    Afrikaans59 · 0.1%
    136.0%
  12. 12
    Malayalam56 · 0.1%
    522.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malayalam
+522.2%
56 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Urdu
+390.9%
54 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+330.4%
99 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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