SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Central Goldfields

13,624 residents · 32+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.7%
1,321 people
Growth since last census
+123.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× Victoria avg
0.36× national avg
Population
13,624
CALD residents
1,321
Languages spoken
32
Fastest-growing
+386%
Narrative

Why this matters

Central Goldfields is home to 13,624 residents. 9.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,321 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Central Goldfields 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
    Nepali34 · 0.2%
    385.7%
  2. 02
    Filipino33 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog26 · 0.2%
    44.4%
  4. 04
    Mandarin26 · 0.2%
    13.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi21 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  1. 01
    Spanish18 · 0.1%
    157.1%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese16 · 0.1%
    220.0%
  3. 03
    Hindi12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  4. 04
    Khmer10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Hungarian10 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  6. 06
    Malayalam9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.7%
Nepali
34 · +385.7%
Filipino
33 · +50.0%
Tagalog
26 · +44.4%
Mandarin
26 · +13.0%
Punjabi
21 · +200.0%
Greek
18 · -10.0%
Spanish
18 · +157.1%
Sinhalese
16 · +220.0%
Hindi
12 · +200.0%
Khmer
10 · 0.0%
Hungarian
10 · +233.3%
Malayalam
9 · 0.0%
Dutch
9 · +125.0%
German
7 · +40.0%
Turkish
6 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali34 · 0.2%
    385.7%
  2. 02
    Filipino33 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog26 · 0.2%
    44.4%
  4. 04
    Mandarin26 · 0.2%
    13.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi21 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  7. 07
    Spanish18 · 0.1%
    157.1%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese16 · 0.1%
    220.0%
  9. 09
    Hindi12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  10. 10
    Khmer10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Hungarian10 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  12. 12
    Malayalam9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+385.7%
34 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Hungarian
+233.3%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Sinhalese
+220.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Central Goldfields.

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