SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Cardinia

116,755 residents · 118+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
21.9%
25,574 people
Growth since last census
+186.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.69× Victoria avg
0.81× national avg
Population
116,755
CALD residents
25,574
Languages spoken
118
Fastest-growing
+776%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cardinia is home to 116,755 residents. 21.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 25,574 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cardinia 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
    Punjabi3,463 · 3.0%
    342.8%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese2,072 · 1.8%
    174.8%
  3. 03
    Hindi962 · 0.8%
    131.8%
  4. 04
    Mandarin941 · 0.8%
    159.9%
  5. 05
    Urdu779 · 0.7%
    518.3%
  6. 06
    Arabic747 · 0.6%
    60.3%
  1. 01
    Spanish685 · 0.6%
    54.6%
  2. 02
    Tamil632 · 0.5%
    208.3%
  3. 03
    Gujarati542 · 0.5%
    159.3%
  4. 04
    Tagalog444 · 0.4%
    117.6%
  5. 05
    Italian395 · 0.3%
    23.3%
  6. 06
    Filipino358 · 0.3%
    86.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 78%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 78.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 21.9%
Punjabi
3,463 · +342.8%
Sinhalese
2,072 · +174.8%
Hindi
962 · +131.8%
Mandarin
941 · +159.9%
Urdu
779 · +518.3%
Arabic
747 · +60.3%
Spanish
685 · +54.6%
Tamil
632 · +208.3%
Gujarati
542 · +159.3%
Tagalog
444 · +117.6%
Italian
395 · -23.3%
Filipino
358 · +86.5%
Malayalam
348 · +219.3%
Dari
304 · +159.8%
Chin Haka
289 · +775.8%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Punjabi3,463 · 3.0%
    342.8%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese2,072 · 1.8%
    174.8%
  3. 03
    Hindi962 · 0.8%
    131.8%
  4. 04
    Mandarin941 · 0.8%
    159.9%
  5. 05
    Urdu779 · 0.7%
    518.3%
  6. 06
    Arabic747 · 0.6%
    60.3%
  7. 07
    Spanish685 · 0.6%
    54.6%
  8. 08
    Tamil632 · 0.5%
    208.3%
  9. 09
    Gujarati542 · 0.5%
    159.3%
  10. 10
    Tagalog444 · 0.4%
    117.6%
  11. 11
    Italian395 · 0.3%
    23.3%
  12. 12
    Filipino358 · 0.3%
    86.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Chin Haka
+775.8%
289 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Urdu
+518.3%
779 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+342.8%
3,463 speakers · 3.0% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Cardinia.

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