SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Towong

6,153 residents · 20+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.7%
661 people
Growth since last census
+13.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.33× Victoria avg
0.39× national avg
Population
6,153
CALD residents
661
Languages spoken
20
Fastest-growing
+120%
Narrative

Why this matters

Towong is home to 6,153 residents. 10.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 661 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Towong 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
    German16 · 0.3%
    23.8%
  2. 02
    Filipino13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Samoan12 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish12 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog11 · 0.2%
    120.0%
  6. 06
    French8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Japanese7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Telugu5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Slovene5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  6. 06
    Hungarian5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.7%
German
16 · -23.8%
Filipino
13 · 0.0%
Samoan
12 · 0.0%
Spanish
12 · 0.0%
Tagalog
11 · +120.0%
French
8 · 0.0%
Japanese
7 · 0.0%
Punjabi
7 · 0.0%
Mandarin
5 · 0.0%
Telugu
5 · 0.0%
Slovene
5 · +66.7%
Hungarian
5 · 0.0%
Malay
5 · 0.0%
Malayalam
4 · -50.0%
Italian
4 · -71.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German16 · 0.3%
    23.8%
  2. 02
    Filipino13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Samoan12 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish12 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog11 · 0.2%
    120.0%
  6. 06
    French8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Japanese7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Punjabi7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Mandarin5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Telugu5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Slovene5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  12. 12
    Hungarian5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+120.0%
11 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Slovene
+66.7%
5 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
0.0%
13 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Towong.

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