SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Buloke

6,133 residents · 21+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.3%
695 people
Growth since last census
+19.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× Victoria avg
0.42× national avg
Population
6,133
CALD residents
695
Languages spoken
21
Fastest-growing
+100%
Narrative

Why this matters

Buloke is home to 6,133 residents. 11.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 695 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Buloke 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
    Malayalam33 · 0.5%
    37.5%
  2. 02
    Tagalog18 · 0.3%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino16 · 0.3%
    5.9%
  4. 04
    Nepali10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    41.2%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Maltese7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Thai6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  3. 03
    German6 · 0.1%
    14.3%
  4. 04
    Telugu5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Bisaya4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.3%
Malayalam
33 · +37.5%
Tagalog
18 · +50.0%
Filipino
16 · -5.9%
Nepali
10 · 0.0%
Mandarin
10 · -41.2%
Afrikaans
9 · 0.0%
Maltese
7 · 0.0%
Thai
6 · +100.0%
German
6 · -14.3%
Telugu
5 · 0.0%
Fijian
4 · 0.0%
Bisaya
4 · 0.0%
Russian
4 · -42.9%
Hungarian
4 · 0.0%
Cebuano
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malayalam33 · 0.5%
    37.5%
  2. 02
    Tagalog18 · 0.3%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino16 · 0.3%
    5.9%
  4. 04
    Nepali10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    41.2%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Maltese7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Thai6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  9. 09
    German6 · 0.1%
    14.3%
  10. 10
    Telugu5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Fijian4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Bisaya4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Thai
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Tagalog
+50.0%
18 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+37.5%
33 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Buloke.

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