SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Hindmarsh

5,688 residents · 21+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.1%
743 people
Growth since last census
+53.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.41× Victoria avg
0.48× national avg
Population
5,688
CALD residents
743
Languages spoken
21
Fastest-growing
+175%
Narrative

Why this matters

Hindmarsh is home to 5,688 residents. 13.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 743 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Hindmarsh 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
    Karen217 · 3.8%
    58.4%
  2. 02
    Malayalam21 · 0.4%
    19.2%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin12 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  5. 05
    Telugu11 · 0.2%
    175.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog9 · 0.2%
    12.5%
  1. 01
    Samoan9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Auslan9 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    German6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi6 · 0.1%
    14.3%
  6. 06
    Tamil5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
KAR
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.1%
Karen
217 · +58.4%
Malayalam
21 · -19.2%
Vietnamese
13
Mandarin
Telugu
Tagalog
9
Samoan
9
Auslan
9
Nepali
8
German
6
Punjabi
Tamil
Urdu
Sinhalese
Afrikaans
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Karen217 · 3.8%
    58.4%
  2. 02
    Malayalam21 · 0.4%
    19.2%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin12 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  5. 05
    Telugu11 · 0.2%
    175.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog9 · 0.2%
    12.5%
  7. 07
    Samoan9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Auslan9 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  9. 09
    Nepali8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    German6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Punjabi6 · 0.1%
    14.3%
  12. 12
    Tamil5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Telugu
+175.0%
11 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Auslan
+125.0%
9 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Karen
+58.4%
217 speakers · 3.8% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Hindmarsh.

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