SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Murrindindi

15,033 residents · 39+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.4%
1,708 people
Growth since last census
+71.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.35× Victoria avg
0.42× national avg
Population
15,033
CALD residents
1,708
Languages spoken
39
Fastest-growing
+333%
Narrative

Why this matters

Murrindindi is home to 15,033 residents. 11.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,708 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Murrindindi 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
    Italian43 · 0.3%
    ▲16.2%
  2. 02
    Malayalam25 · 0.2%
    ▲92.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi24 · 0.2%
    ▲200.0%
  4. 04
    German22 · 0.1%
    ▲15.8%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans20 · 0.1%
    ▲81.8%
  6. 06
    Mandarin19 · 0.1%
    ▲11.8%
  1. 01
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    ▼59.1%
  2. 02
    Croatian16 · 0.1%
    ▲300.0%
  3. 03
    French16 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish16 · 0.1%
    ▲77.8%
  5. 05
    Tagalog13 · 0.1%
    ▲85.7%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese13 · 0.1%
    ▲333.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.4%
Italian
43 · +16.2%
Malayalam
25 · +92.3%
Punjabi
24 · +200.0%
German
22 · +15.8%
Afrikaans
20 · +81.8%
Mandarin
19 · +11.8%
Greek
18 · -59.1%
Croatian
16 · +300.0%
French
16 · 0.0%
Spanish
16 · +77.8%
Tagalog
13 · +85.7%
Vietnamese
13 · +333.3%
Serbian
11 · +175.0%
Oromo
9 · 0.0%
Dutch
9 · -57.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian43 · 0.3%
    ▲16.2%
  2. 02
    Malayalam25 · 0.2%
    ▲92.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi24 · 0.2%
    ▲200.0%
  4. 04
    German22 · 0.1%
    ▲15.8%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans20 · 0.1%
    ▲81.8%
  6. 06
    Mandarin19 · 0.1%
    ▲11.8%
  7. 07
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    ▼59.1%
  8. 08
    Croatian16 · 0.1%
    ▲300.0%
  9. 09
    French16 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish16 · 0.1%
    ▲77.8%
  11. 11
    Tagalog13 · 0.1%
    ▲85.7%
  12. 12
    Vietnamese13 · 0.1%
    ▲333.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Vietnamese
+333.3%
13 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Croatian
+300.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+200.0%
24 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Strath Creek
389 RESIDENTS
32.1% CALDTop: Croatian
Pheasant Creek (Vic.)
370 RESIDENTS
29.5% CALDTop: Punjabi
Flowerdale (Vic.)
762 RESIDENTS
17.1% CALDTop: Spanish
Glenburn
435 RESIDENTS
16.6% CALDTop: Greek
Highlands
289 RESIDENTS
16.3% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Kinglake West
1,183 RESIDENTS
14.4% CALDTop: Spanish
Kinglake Central
416 RESIDENTS
14.2% CALDTop: Italian
Marysville
438 RESIDENTS
12.8% CALDTop: Punjabi
Murrindindi
320 RESIDENTS
12.2% CALD
Toolangi
300 RESIDENTS
10.7% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Buxton (Vic.)
824 RESIDENTS
10.4% CALDTop: Oromo
Taylor Bay
282 RESIDENTS
10.3% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Murrindindi.

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