SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

East Gippsland

48,336 residents · 60+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.7%
5,192 people
Growth since last census
+80.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.33× Victoria avg
0.39× national avg
Population
48,336
CALD residents
5,192
Languages spoken
60
Fastest-growing
+580%
Narrative

Why this matters

East Gippsland is home to 48,336 residents. 10.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,192 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for East Gippsland 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
    Italian144 · 0.3%
    ▼31.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin130 · 0.3%
    ▲18.2%
  3. 03
    German116 · 0.2%
    ▼32.9%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese88 · 0.2%
    ▲63.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi85 · 0.2%
    ▲400.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog65 · 0.1%
    ▲66.7%
  1. 01
    Filipino65 · 0.1%
    ▲91.2%
  2. 02
    Greek57 · 0.1%
    ▲54.1%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans50 · 0.1%
    ▲16.3%
  4. 04
    Thai50 · 0.1%
    ▲284.6%
  5. 05
    French45 · 0.1%
    ▲28.6%
  6. 06
    Tetum34 · 0.1%
    ▲580.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.7%
Italian
144 · -31.8%
Mandarin
130 · +18.2%
German
116 · -32.9%
Vietnamese
88 · +63.0%
Punjabi
85 · +400.0%
Tagalog
65 · +66.7%
Filipino
65 · +91.2%
Greek
57 · +54.1%
Afrikaans
50 · +16.3%
Thai
50 · +284.6%
French
45 · +28.6%
Tetum
34 · +580.0%
Dutch
33 · +17.9%
Auslan
32 · -20.0%
Tamil
31 · +10.7%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian144 · 0.3%
    ▼31.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin130 · 0.3%
    ▲18.2%
  3. 03
    German116 · 0.2%
    ▼32.9%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese88 · 0.2%
    ▲63.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi85 · 0.2%
    ▲400.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog65 · 0.1%
    ▲66.7%
  7. 07
    Filipino65 · 0.1%
    ▲91.2%
  8. 08
    Greek57 · 0.1%
    ▲54.1%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans50 · 0.1%
    ▲16.3%
  10. 10
    Thai50 · 0.1%
    ▲284.6%
  11. 11
    French45 · 0.1%
    ▲28.6%
  12. 12
    Tetum34 · 0.1%
    ▲580.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tetum
+580.0%
34 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+400.0%
85 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+284.6%
50 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Benambra
253 RESIDENTS
23.3% CALD
Toorloo Arm
506 RESIDENTS
21.9% CALD
East Bairnsdale
1,305 RESIDENTS
17.7% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Goon Nure
230 RESIDENTS
17.0% CALDTop: Auslan
Fernbank
346 RESIDENTS
15.3% CALDTop: Tetum
Lindenow
657 RESIDENTS
15.2% CALDTop: Tetum
Kalimna
1,346 RESIDENTS
14.3% CALDTop: Punjabi
Omeo
462 RESIDENTS
14.3% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Lakes Entrance
4,898 RESIDENTS
14.1% CALDTop: Greek
Bemm River
279 RESIDENTS
14.0% CALD
Cann River
152 RESIDENTS
13.2% CALD
Bairnsdale
7,841 RESIDENTS
13.1% CALDTop: Italian
Use this data

Commission a gap report for East Gippsland.

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