SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Northern Grampians

11,873 residents · 37+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.6%
1,609 people
Growth since last census
+196.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.42× Victoria avg
0.50× national avg
Population
11,873
CALD residents
1,609
Languages spoken
37
Fastest-growing
+520%
Narrative

Why this matters

Northern Grampians is home to 11,873 residents. 13.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,609 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Northern Grampians 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
    Mandarin126 · 1.1%
    200.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino40 · 0.3%
    400.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog39 · 0.3%
    129.4%
  4. 04
    Dinka31 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi31 · 0.3%
    520.0%
  6. 06
    Malayalam23 · 0.2%
    155.6%
  1. 01
    Dutch22 · 0.2%
    4.8%
  2. 02
    Telugu19 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    German18 · 0.2%
    500.0%
  4. 04
    Bengali18 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish17 · 0.1%
    325.0%
  6. 06
    Nepali14 · 0.1%
    40.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.6%
Mandarin
126 · +200.0%
Filipino
40 · +400.0%
Tagalog
39 · +129.4%
Dinka
31 · 0.0%
Punjabi
31 · +520.0%
Malayalam
23 · +155.6%
Dutch
22 · +4.8%
Telugu
19 · 0.0%
German
18 · +500.0%
Bengali
18 · 0.0%
Spanish
17 · +325.0%
Nepali
14 · +40.0%
Tamil
14 · -22.2%
Afrikaans
13 · +85.7%
Arabic
9 · +80.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin126 · 1.1%
    200.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino40 · 0.3%
    400.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog39 · 0.3%
    129.4%
  4. 04
    Dinka31 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi31 · 0.3%
    520.0%
  6. 06
    Malayalam23 · 0.2%
    155.6%
  7. 07
    Dutch22 · 0.2%
    4.8%
  8. 08
    Telugu19 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    German18 · 0.2%
    500.0%
  10. 10
    Bengali18 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Spanish17 · 0.1%
    325.0%
  12. 12
    Nepali14 · 0.1%
    40.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+520.0%
31 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
German
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+400.0%
40 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Northern Grampians.

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