SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Mount Alexander

20,111 residents · 38+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
12.3%
2,468 people
Growth since last census
+68.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.38× Victoria avg
0.45× national avg
Population
20,111
CALD residents
2,468
Languages spoken
38
Fastest-growing
+533%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mount Alexander is home to 20,111 residents. 12.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,468 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mount Alexander 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
    German52 · 0.3%
    3.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish48 · 0.2%
    84.6%
  3. 03
    French45 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  4. 04
    Greek43 · 0.2%
    30.3%
  5. 05
    Dutch29 · 0.1%
    61.1%
  6. 06
    Italian25 · 0.1%
    10.7%
  1. 01
    Dinka24 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  2. 02
    Indonesian22 · 0.1%
    214.3%
  3. 03
    Japanese21 · 0.1%
    16.0%
  4. 04
    Auslan19 · 0.1%
    533.3%
  5. 05
    Arabic14 · 0.1%
    180.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi13 · 0.1%
    13.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 87.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 12.3%
German
52 · -3.7%
Spanish
48 · +84.6%
French
45 · +50.0%
Greek
43 · +30.3%
Dutch
29 · +61.1%
Italian
25 · -10.7%
Dinka
24 · +60.0%
Indonesian
22 · +214.3%
Japanese
21 · -16.0%
Auslan
19 · +533.3%
Arabic
14 · +180.0%
Punjabi
13 · -13.3%
Danish
11 · +57.1%
Thai
11 · +22.2%
Hungarian
10 · +66.7%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German52 · 0.3%
    3.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish48 · 0.2%
    84.6%
  3. 03
    French45 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  4. 04
    Greek43 · 0.2%
    30.3%
  5. 05
    Dutch29 · 0.1%
    61.1%
  6. 06
    Italian25 · 0.1%
    10.7%
  7. 07
    Dinka24 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  8. 08
    Indonesian22 · 0.1%
    214.3%
  9. 09
    Japanese21 · 0.1%
    16.0%
  10. 10
    Auslan19 · 0.1%
    533.3%
  11. 11
    Arabic14 · 0.1%
    180.0%
  12. 12
    Punjabi13 · 0.1%
    13.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Auslan
+533.3%
19 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Indonesian
+214.3%
22 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Arabic
+180.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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