SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Southern Grampians

16,538 residents · 33+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.3%
1,366 people
Growth since last census
+41.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.25× Victoria avg
0.30× national avg
Population
16,538
CALD residents
1,366
Languages spoken
33
Fastest-growing
+183%
Narrative

Why this matters

Southern Grampians is home to 16,538 residents. 8.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,366 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Southern 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
    Malayalam55 · 0.3%
    52.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin42 · 0.3%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    German34 · 0.2%
    8.1%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans28 · 0.2%
    6.7%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese17 · 0.1%
    183.3%
  6. 06
    Thai15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese13 · 0.1%
    8.3%
  2. 02
    Shona13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Yoruba12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi11 · 0.1%
    15.4%
  5. 05
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  6. 06
    Swahili10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.3%
Malayalam
55 · +52.8%
Mandarin
42 · +50.0%
German
34 · -8.1%
Afrikaans
28 · -6.7%
Sinhalese
17 · +183.3%
Thai
15 · +150.0%
Vietnamese
13 · +8.3%
Shona
13 · 0.0%
Yoruba
12 · 0.0%
Punjabi
11 · -15.4%
Nepali
10 · +150.0%
Swahili
10 · 0.0%
Bengali
10 · 0.0%
Non-verbal, so described
10 · +150.0%
Greek
9 · +28.6%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malayalam55 · 0.3%
    52.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin42 · 0.3%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    German34 · 0.2%
    8.1%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans28 · 0.2%
    6.7%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese17 · 0.1%
    183.3%
  6. 06
    Thai15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese13 · 0.1%
    8.3%
  8. 08
    Shona13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Yoruba12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Punjabi11 · 0.1%
    15.4%
  11. 11
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  12. 12
    Swahili10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Sinhalese
+183.3%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+150.0%
15 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+150.0%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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