SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Loddon

7,238 residents · 16+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.5%
976 people
Growth since last census
+79.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.42× Victoria avg
0.50× national avg
Population
7,238
CALD residents
976
Languages spoken
16
Fastest-growing
+333%
Narrative

Why this matters

Loddon is home to 7,238 residents. 13.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 976 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Loddon 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
    Filipino54 · 0.7%
    ▲63.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog34 · 0.5%
    ▲41.7%
  3. 03
    Malayalam20 · 0.3%
    ▲122.2%
  4. 04
    Bisaya14 · 0.2%
    ▲100.0%
  5. 05
    Italian13 · 0.2%
    ▲333.3%
  6. 06
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  1. 01
    Greek7 · 0.1%
    ▼30.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese7 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    Hungarian4 · 0.1%
    ▼66.7%
  4. 04
    French4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  5. 05
    German4 · 0.1%
    ▼60.0%
  6. 06
    Malay4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.5%
Filipino
54 · +63.6%
Tagalog
34 · +41.7%
Malayalam
20 · +122.2%
Bisaya
14 · +100.0%
Italian
13 · +333.3%
Arabic
8 · 0.0%
Greek
7 · -30.0%
Vietnamese
7 · 0.0%
Hungarian
4 · -66.7%
French
4 · 0.0%
German
4
Malay
4
Auslan
4
Mandarin
3
Indonesian
3
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino54 · 0.7%
    ▲63.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog34 · 0.5%
    ▲41.7%
  3. 03
    Malayalam20 · 0.3%
    ▲122.2%
  4. 04
    Bisaya14 · 0.2%
    ▲100.0%
  5. 05
    Italian13 · 0.2%
    ▲333.3%
  6. 06
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  7. 07
    Greek7 · 0.1%
    ▼30.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese7 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  9. 09
    Hungarian4 · 0.1%
    ▼66.7%
  10. 10
    French4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  11. 11
    German4 · 0.1%
    ▼60.0%
  12. 12
    Malay4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Italian
+333.3%
13 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Malayalam
+122.2%
20 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Bisaya
+100.0%
14 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Tarnagulla
403 RESIDENTS
22.8% CALDTop: Auslan
Korong Vale
253 RESIDENTS
18.6% CALDTop: Greek
Boort
1,233 RESIDENTS
18.6% CALDTop: Malayalam
Pyramid Hill
890 RESIDENTS
18.2% CALDTop: Filipino
Glenalbyn
143 RESIDENTS
15.4% CALDTop: Malay
Brenanah
354 RESIDENTS
13.6% CALDTop: Italian
Wedderburn (Vic.)
931 RESIDENTS
11.8% CALDTop: Arabic
Calivil
364 RESIDENTS
11.0% CALDTop: Filipino
Serpentine (Vic.)
319 RESIDENTS
10.3% CALDTop: French
Bridgewater On Loddon
343 RESIDENTS
10.2% CALDTop: Arabic
Inglewood (Vic.)
1,134 RESIDENTS
10.1% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Bridgewater (Vic.)
217 RESIDENTS
6.0% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Loddon.

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