SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Hepburn

16,315 residents · 43+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.3%
1,840 people
Growth since last census
+52.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.35× Victoria avg
0.41× national avg
Population
16,315
CALD residents
1,840
Languages spoken
43
Fastest-growing
+433%
Narrative

Why this matters

Hepburn is home to 16,315 residents. 11.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,840 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Hepburn 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
    Italian57 · 0.3%
    32.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin38 · 0.2%
    58.3%
  3. 03
    Serbian38 · 0.2%
    5.6%
  4. 04
    Nepali36 · 0.2%
    227.3%
  5. 05
    Dutch27 · 0.2%
    15.6%
  6. 06
    German27 · 0.2%
    49.1%
  1. 01
    Greek22 · 0.1%
    26.7%
  2. 02
    French20 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Croatian19 · 0.1%
    42.4%
  4. 04
    Maltese19 · 0.1%
    5.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish18 · 0.1%
    80.0%
  6. 06
    Thai17 · 0.1%
    240.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.3%
Italian
57 · +32.6%
Mandarin
38 · +58.3%
Serbian
38 · +5.6%
Nepali
36 · +227.3%
Dutch
27 · -15.6%
German
27 · -49.1%
Greek
22 · -26.7%
French
20 · -50.0%
Croatian
19 · -42.4%
Maltese
19 · -5.0%
Spanish
18 · +80.0%
Thai
17 · +240.0%
Japanese
16 · +433.3%
Hindi
16 · 0.0%
Punjabi
16 · +23.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian57 · 0.3%
    32.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin38 · 0.2%
    58.3%
  3. 03
    Serbian38 · 0.2%
    5.6%
  4. 04
    Nepali36 · 0.2%
    227.3%
  5. 05
    Dutch27 · 0.2%
    15.6%
  6. 06
    German27 · 0.2%
    49.1%
  7. 07
    Greek22 · 0.1%
    26.7%
  8. 08
    French20 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  9. 09
    Croatian19 · 0.1%
    42.4%
  10. 10
    Maltese19 · 0.1%
    5.0%
  11. 11
    Spanish18 · 0.1%
    80.0%
  12. 12
    Thai17 · 0.1%
    240.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Japanese
+433.3%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+240.0%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+227.3%
36 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Hepburn.

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