SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Mornington Peninsula

167,451 residents · 83+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.0%
16,747 people
Growth since last census
+25.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.31× Victoria avg
0.37× national avg
Population
167,451
CALD residents
16,747
Languages spoken
83
Fastest-growing
+162%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mornington Peninsula is home to 167,451 residents. 10.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 16,747 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mornington Peninsula 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
    Italian1,462 · 0.9%
    ▼2.7%
  2. 02
    Greek1,318 · 0.8%
    ▲19.2%
  3. 03
    German488 · 0.3%
    ▼13.2%
  4. 04
    Mandarin390 · 0.2%
    ▲11.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish383 · 0.2%
    ▲57.6%
  6. 06
    French292 · 0.2%
    ▲5.4%
  1. 01
    Croatian244 · 0.1%
    ▼2.4%
  2. 02
    Dutch200 · 0.1%
    ▼17.4%
  3. 03
    Thai179 · 0.1%
    ▲51.7%
  4. 04
    Polish177 · 0.1%
    ▲52.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese145 · 0.1%
    ▲15.1%
  6. 06
    Arabic129 · 0.1%
    ▲25.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.0%
Italian
1,462 · -2.7%
Greek
1,318 · +19.2%
German
488 · -13.2%
Mandarin
390 · +11.4%
Spanish
383 · +57.6%
French
292 · +5.4%
Croatian
244 · -2.4%
Dutch
200 · -17.4%
Thai
179 · +51.7%
Polish
177 · +52.6%
Cantonese
145
Arabic
129
Japanese
129
Russian
127
Punjabi
123
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian1,462 · 0.9%
    ▼2.7%
  2. 02
    Greek1,318 · 0.8%
    ▲19.2%
  3. 03
    German488 · 0.3%
    ▼13.2%
  4. 04
    Mandarin390 · 0.2%
    ▲11.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish383 · 0.2%
    ▲57.6%
  6. 06
    French292 · 0.2%
    ▲5.4%
  7. 07
    Croatian244 · 0.1%
    ▼2.4%
  8. 08
    Dutch200 · 0.1%
    ▼17.4%
  9. 09
    Thai179 · 0.1%
    ▲51.7%
  10. 10
    Polish177 · 0.1%
    ▲52.6%
  11. 11
    Cantonese145 · 0.1%
    ▲15.1%
  12. 12
    Arabic129 · 0.1%
    ▲25.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+161.7%
123 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Russian
+64.9%
127 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Spanish
+57.6%
383 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Dromana
6,584 RESIDENTS
16.1% CALDTop: Greek
Rye
9,388 RESIDENTS
15.8% CALDTop: Greek
Capel Sound
5,203 RESIDENTS
14.2% CALDTop: Italian
Flinders (Vic.)
1,111 RESIDENTS
13.9% CALDTop: French
Red Hill South
437 RESIDENTS
13.5% CALDTop: Italian
Tootgarook
3,155 RESIDENTS
13.2% CALDTop: Italian
Sorrento (Vic.)
1,989 RESIDENTS
13.1% CALDTop: Italian
Main Ridge
450 RESIDENTS
12.9% CALDTop: Serbian
Fingal (Vic.)
644 RESIDENTS
12.7% CALDTop: Italian
Rosebud
14,398 RESIDENTS
12.5% CALDTop: Italian
Blairgowrie
2,772 RESIDENTS
12.2% CALDTop: Italian
Safety Beach (Vic.)
6,288 RESIDENTS
12.1% CALDTop: Greek
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Mornington Peninsula.

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