SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Casey

360,917 residents · 157+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
46.3%
167,054 people
Growth since last census
+65.9%
vs previous census
In context
1.45× Victoria avg
1.70× national avg
Population
360,917
CALD residents
167,054
Languages spoken
157
Fastest-growing
+201%
Narrative

Why this matters

Casey is home to 360,917 residents. 46.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 167,054 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Casey 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
    Punjabi16,858 · 4.7%
    ▲154.8%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese12,917 · 3.6%
    ▲44.3%
  3. 03
    Hazaraghi11,760 · 3.3%
    ▲200.8%
  4. 04
    Mandarin8,012 · 2.2%
    ▲39.6%
  5. 05
    Dari7,237 · 2.0%
    ▲11.3%
  6. 06
    Hindi6,439 · 1.8%
    ▲36.7%
  1. 01
    Tamil5,937 · 1.6%
    ▲47.4%
  2. 02
    Malayalam5,419 · 1.5%
    ▲77.4%
  3. 03
    Arabic5,134 · 1.4%
    ▲17.7%
  4. 04
    Spanish3,172 · 0.9%
    ▼3.3%
  5. 05
    Urdu3,047 · 0.8%
    ▲64.7%
  6. 06
    Gujarati3,046 · 0.8%
    ▲162.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 54%
PUN
SIN
HAZ
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 53.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 46.3%
Punjabi
16,858 · +154.8%
Sinhalese
12,917 · +44.3%
Hazaraghi
11,760 · +200.8%
Mandarin
8,012 · +39.6%
Dari
7,237 · +11.3%
Hindi
6,439 · +36.7%
Tamil
5,937 · +47.4%
Malayalam
5,419 · +77.4%
Arabic
5,134 · +17.7%
Spanish
3,172 · -3.3%
Urdu
3,047 · +64.7%
Gujarati
3,046 · +162.1%
Samoan
2,982 · +13.4%
Tagalog
2,972 · +44.8%
Vietnamese
2,925 · +36.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Punjabi16,858 · 4.7%
    ▲154.8%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese12,917 · 3.6%
    ▲44.3%
  3. 03
    Hazaraghi11,760 · 3.3%
    ▲200.8%
  4. 04
    Mandarin8,012 · 2.2%
    ▲39.6%
  5. 05
    Dari7,237 · 2.0%
    ▲11.3%
  6. 06
    Hindi6,439 · 1.8%
    ▲36.7%
  7. 07
    Tamil5,937 · 1.6%
    ▲47.4%
  8. 08
    Malayalam5,419 · 1.5%
    ▲77.4%
  9. 09
    Arabic5,134 · 1.4%
    ▲17.7%
  10. 10
    Spanish3,172 · 0.9%
    ▼3.3%
  11. 11
    Urdu3,047 · 0.8%
    ▲64.7%
  12. 12
    Gujarati3,046 · 0.8%
    ▲162.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Hazaraghi
+200.8%
11,760 speakers · 3.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Gujarati
+162.1%
3,046 speakers · 0.8% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+154.8%
16,858 speakers · 4.7% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Doveton
9,443 RESIDENTS
67.6% CALDTop: Hazaraghi
Eumemmerring
2,289 RESIDENTS
62.9% CALDTop: Hazaraghi
Lyndhurst (Vic.)
8,839 RESIDENTS
62.8% CALDTop: Punjabi
Hallam
11,263 RESIDENTS
62.7% CALDTop: Hazaraghi
Lynbrook
8,963 RESIDENTS
60.6% CALDTop: Punjabi
Hampton Park
25,901 RESIDENTS
60.3% CALDTop: Hazaraghi
Clyde North
31,243 RESIDENTS
57.3% CALDTop: Punjabi
Endeavour Hills
23,974 RESIDENTS
55.7% CALDTop: Mandarin
Cranbourne East
24,739 RESIDENTS
51.8% CALDTop: Punjabi
Cranbourne North
24,286 RESIDENTS
49.9% CALDTop: Punjabi
Clyde (Vic.)
11,043 RESIDENTS
49.1% CALDTop: Punjabi
Cranbourne West
19,742 RESIDENTS
47.8% CALDTop: Punjabi
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