SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Horsham

20,326 residents · 43+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.5%
1,930 people
Growth since last census
+103.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× Victoria avg
0.35× national avg
Population
20,326
CALD residents
1,930
Languages spoken
43
Fastest-growing
+340%
Narrative

Why this matters

Horsham is home to 20,326 residents. 9.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,930 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Horsham 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
    Karen114 · 0.6%
    147.8%
  2. 02
    Malayalam94 · 0.5%
    38.2%
  3. 03
    Mandarin50 · 0.2%
    6.4%
  4. 04
    Punjabi50 · 0.2%
    316.7%
  5. 05
    Italian47 · 0.2%
    37.3%
  6. 06
    Nepali36 · 0.2%
    227.3%
  1. 01
    Tagalog33 · 0.2%
    22.2%
  2. 02
    Filipino32 · 0.2%
    60.0%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans22 · 0.1%
    340.0%
  4. 04
    Hindi22 · 0.1%
    29.4%
  5. 05
    Turkish22 · 0.1%
    29.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish21 · 0.1%
    200.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.5%
Karen
114 · +147.8%
Malayalam
94 · +38.2%
Mandarin
50 · +6.4%
Punjabi
50 · +316.7%
Italian
47 · -37.3%
Nepali
36 · +227.3%
Tagalog
33 · +22.2%
Filipino
32 · +60.0%
Afrikaans
22 · +340.0%
Hindi
22 · +29.4%
Turkish
22 · -29.0%
Spanish
21 · +200.0%
Gujarati
20 · +150.0%
Vietnamese
20 · +233.3%
Sinhalese
18 · +20.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Karen114 · 0.6%
    147.8%
  2. 02
    Malayalam94 · 0.5%
    38.2%
  3. 03
    Mandarin50 · 0.2%
    6.4%
  4. 04
    Punjabi50 · 0.2%
    316.7%
  5. 05
    Italian47 · 0.2%
    37.3%
  6. 06
    Nepali36 · 0.2%
    227.3%
  7. 07
    Tagalog33 · 0.2%
    22.2%
  8. 08
    Filipino32 · 0.2%
    60.0%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans22 · 0.1%
    340.0%
  10. 10
    Hindi22 · 0.1%
    29.4%
  11. 11
    Turkish22 · 0.1%
    29.0%
  12. 12
    Spanish21 · 0.1%
    200.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Afrikaans
+340.0%
22 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+316.7%
50 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+233.3%
20 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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