SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Indigo

17,285 residents · 24+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.8%
1,344 people
Growth since last census
+36.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.24× Victoria avg
0.29× national avg
Population
17,285
CALD residents
1,344
Languages spoken
24
Fastest-growing
+320%
Narrative

Why this matters

Indigo is home to 17,285 residents. 7.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,344 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Indigo 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
    Italian48 · 0.3%
    37.1%
  2. 02
    German33 · 0.2%
    17.5%
  3. 03
    Auslan21 · 0.1%
    320.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    French17 · 0.1%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Swedish15 · 0.1%
    28.6%
  2. 02
    Malayalam13 · 0.1%
    44.4%
  3. 03
    Nepali9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Thai8 · 0.0%
    42.9%
  5. 05
    Spanish8 · 0.0%
    27.3%
  6. 06
    Japanese7 · 0.0%
    133.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.8%
Italian
48 · +37.1%
German
33 · -17.5%
Auslan
21 · +320.0%
Mandarin
19 · 0.0%
French
17 · +6.3%
Dutch
15 · 0.0%
Swedish
15 · -28.6%
Malayalam
13 · +44.4%
Nepali
9 · 0.0%
Thai
8 · -42.9%
Spanish
8 · -27.3%
Japanese
7 · +133.3%
Filipino
6 · +50.0%
Frisian
5 · 0.0%
Tagalog
4 · -50.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian48 · 0.3%
    37.1%
  2. 02
    German33 · 0.2%
    17.5%
  3. 03
    Auslan21 · 0.1%
    320.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    French17 · 0.1%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Swedish15 · 0.1%
    28.6%
  8. 08
    Malayalam13 · 0.1%
    44.4%
  9. 09
    Nepali9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Thai8 · 0.0%
    42.9%
  11. 11
    Spanish8 · 0.0%
    27.3%
  12. 12
    Japanese7 · 0.0%
    133.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Auslan
+320.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Japanese
+133.3%
7 speakers · 0.0% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+50.0%
6 speakers · 0.0% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Indigo.

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