SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Greater Bendigo

120,821 residents · 93+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.5%
13,945 people
Growth since last census
+88.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.35× Victoria avg
0.42× national avg
Population
120,821
CALD residents
13,945
Languages spoken
93
Fastest-growing
+155%
Narrative

Why this matters

Greater Bendigo is home to 120,821 residents. 11.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 13,945 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Greater Bendigo 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
    Karen1,638 · 1.4%
    ▲90.2%
  2. 02
    Mandarin553 · 0.5%
    ▲18.9%
  3. 03
    Malayalam487 · 0.4%
    ▲155.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi455 · 0.4%
    ▲144.6%
  5. 05
    Tagalog239 · 0.2%
    ▲111.5%
  6. 06
    Filipino221 · 0.2%
    ▲110.5%
  1. 01
    Arabic202 · 0.2%
    ▲49.6%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese196 · 0.2%
    ▲102.1%
  3. 03
    Hindi195 · 0.2%
    ▲46.6%
  4. 04
    Italian143 · 0.1%
    ▼2.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese138 · 0.1%
    ▲94.4%
  6. 06
    Greek136 · 0.1%
    ▲22.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.5%
Karen
1,638 · +90.2%
Mandarin
553 · +18.9%
Malayalam
487 · +155.0%
Punjabi
455 · +144.6%
Tagalog
239 · +111.5%
Filipino
221 · +110.5%
Arabic
202 · +49.6%
Sinhalese
196 · +102.1%
Hindi
195 · +46.6%
Italian
143 · -2.1%
Vietnamese
138
Greek
136
Nepali
121
Cantonese
116
Urdu
113
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Karen1,638 · 1.4%
    ▲90.2%
  2. 02
    Mandarin553 · 0.5%
    ▲18.9%
  3. 03
    Malayalam487 · 0.4%
    ▲155.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi455 · 0.4%
    ▲144.6%
  5. 05
    Tagalog239 · 0.2%
    ▲111.5%
  6. 06
    Filipino221 · 0.2%
    ▲110.5%
  7. 07
    Arabic202 · 0.2%
    ▲49.6%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese196 · 0.2%
    ▲102.1%
  9. 09
    Hindi195 · 0.2%
    ▲46.6%
  10. 10
    Italian143 · 0.1%
    ▼2.1%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese138 · 0.1%
    ▲94.4%
  12. 12
    Greek136 · 0.1%
    ▲22.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malayalam
+155.0%
487 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+144.6%
455 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+128.3%
121 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Neilborough
371 RESIDENTS
28.8% CALDTop: Slovene
North Bendigo
4,240 RESIDENTS
17.9% CALDTop: Karen
Long Gully
3,401 RESIDENTS
17.0% CALDTop: Karen
Jackass Flat
2,111 RESIDENTS
16.8% CALDTop: Karen
Kangaroo Flat (Vic.)
10,929 RESIDENTS
15.3% CALDTop: Karen
Heathcote (Vic.)
2,794 RESIDENTS
15.2% CALDTop: Italian
Flora Hill
3,955 RESIDENTS
15.0% CALDTop: Mandarin
California Gully
4,441 RESIDENTS
14.7% CALDTop: Karen
Elmore
743 RESIDENTS
14.5% CALDTop: Dari
Epsom (Vic.)
4,042 RESIDENTS
14.1% CALDTop: Karen
Kennington
5,836 RESIDENTS
13.9% CALDTop: Mandarin
East Bendigo
2,318 RESIDENTS
13.2% CALDTop: Punjabi
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Greater Bendigo.

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