SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

South Gippsland

30,070 residents · 45+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.7%
2,907 people
Growth since last census
+36.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× Victoria avg
0.35× national avg
Population
30,070
CALD residents
2,907
Languages spoken
45
Fastest-growing
+233%
Narrative

Why this matters

South Gippsland is home to 30,070 residents. 9.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,907 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for South Gippsland 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
    Italian191 · 0.6%
    14.7%
  2. 02
    German92 · 0.3%
    8.2%
  3. 03
    Malayalam57 · 0.2%
    13.6%
  4. 04
    Dutch55 · 0.2%
    21.4%
  5. 05
    Mandarin44 · 0.1%
    22.2%
  6. 06
    Spanish37 · 0.1%
    48.0%
  1. 01
    Greek32 · 0.1%
    15.8%
  2. 02
    French28 · 0.1%
    86.7%
  3. 03
    Punjabi28 · 0.1%
    154.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese26 · 0.1%
    62.5%
  5. 05
    Tagalog23 · 0.1%
    43.8%
  6. 06
    Filipino20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.7%
Italian
191 · -14.7%
German
92 · +8.2%
Malayalam
57 · -13.6%
Dutch
55 · -21.4%
Mandarin
44 · +22.2%
Spanish
37 · +48.0%
Greek
32 · -15.8%
French
28 · +86.7%
Punjabi
28 · +154.5%
Vietnamese
26 · +62.5%
Tagalog
23 · +43.8%
Filipino
20 · +233.3%
Hungarian
16 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
14 · +55.6%
Portuguese
14 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian191 · 0.6%
    14.7%
  2. 02
    German92 · 0.3%
    8.2%
  3. 03
    Malayalam57 · 0.2%
    13.6%
  4. 04
    Dutch55 · 0.2%
    21.4%
  5. 05
    Mandarin44 · 0.1%
    22.2%
  6. 06
    Spanish37 · 0.1%
    48.0%
  7. 07
    Greek32 · 0.1%
    15.8%
  8. 08
    French28 · 0.1%
    86.7%
  9. 09
    Punjabi28 · 0.1%
    154.5%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese26 · 0.1%
    62.5%
  11. 11
    Tagalog23 · 0.1%
    43.8%
  12. 12
    Filipino20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
+233.3%
20 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+154.5%
28 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+86.7%
28 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for South Gippsland.

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