SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Moira

30,210 residents · 53+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.6%
3,514 people
Growth since last census
+106.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× Victoria avg
0.43× national avg
Population
30,210
CALD residents
3,514
Languages spoken
53
Fastest-growing
+573%
Narrative

Why this matters

Moira is home to 30,210 residents. 11.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,514 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Moira 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
    Italian243 · 0.8%
    23.3%
  2. 02
    Mandarin208 · 0.7%
    342.6%
  3. 03
    Punjabi139 · 0.5%
    31.1%
  4. 04
    Malay74 · 0.2%
    572.7%
  5. 05
    Arabic59 · 0.2%
    57.9%
  6. 06
    Tagalog54 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  1. 01
    Thai54 · 0.2%
    107.7%
  2. 02
    Filipino42 · 0.1%
    7.7%
  3. 03
    Cantonese33 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  4. 04
    German32 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch28 · 0.1%
    86.7%
  6. 06
    Malayalam27 · 0.1%
    35.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.6%
Italian
243 · -23.3%
Mandarin
208 · +342.6%
Punjabi
139 · +31.1%
Malay
74 · +572.7%
Arabic
59 · -57.9%
Tagalog
54 · +50.0%
Thai
54 · +107.7%
Filipino
42 · +7.7%
Cantonese
33 · +10.0%
German
32 · +100.0%
Dutch
28
Malayalam
27
Sinhalese
21
Croatian
18
Fijian
17
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian243 · 0.8%
    23.3%
  2. 02
    Mandarin208 · 0.7%
    342.6%
  3. 03
    Punjabi139 · 0.5%
    31.1%
  4. 04
    Malay74 · 0.2%
    572.7%
  5. 05
    Arabic59 · 0.2%
    57.9%
  6. 06
    Tagalog54 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  7. 07
    Thai54 · 0.2%
    107.7%
  8. 08
    Filipino42 · 0.1%
    7.7%
  9. 09
    Cantonese33 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  10. 10
    German32 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  11. 11
    Dutch28 · 0.1%
    86.7%
  12. 12
    Malayalam27 · 0.1%
    35.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malay
+572.7%
74 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+342.6%
208 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
Sinhalese
+250.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Moira.

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