SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Victoria Park

36,272 residents · 84+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
30.4%
11,031 people
Growth since last census
+6.3%
vs previous census
In context
1.30× Western Australia avg
1.12× national avg
Population
36,272
CALD residents
11,031
Languages spoken
84
Fastest-growing
+101%
Narrative

Why this matters

Victoria Park is home to 36,272 residents. 30.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 11,031 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Victoria Park 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
    Mandarin1,293 · 3.6%
    ▼8.9%
  2. 02
    Nepali574 · 1.6%
    ▲100.7%
  3. 03
    Italian537 · 1.5%
    ▼18.1%
  4. 04
    Cantonese420 · 1.2%
    ▼21.6%
  5. 05
    Indonesian364 · 1.0%
    ▲1.7%
  6. 06
    Hindi334 · 0.9%
    ▼0.3%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese333 · 0.9%
    ▲24.3%
  2. 02
    Korean275 · 0.8%
    ▼35.1%
  3. 03
    Spanish274 · 0.8%
    ▲19.7%
  4. 04
    Arabic264 · 0.7%
    ▼15.7%
  5. 05
    Punjabi221 · 0.6%
    ▼28.2%
  6. 06
    Urdu181 · 0.5%
    ▲7.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 70%
MAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 69.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 30.4%
Mandarin
1,293 · -8.9%
Nepali
574 · +100.7%
Italian
537 · -18.1%
Cantonese
420 · -21.6%
Indonesian
364 · +1.7%
Hindi
334 · -0.3%
Vietnamese
333 · +24.3%
Korean
275 · -35.1%
Spanish
274 · +19.7%
Arabic
264 · -15.7%
Punjabi
221 · -28.2%
Urdu
181 · +7.1%
Japanese
174 · +29.9%
Thai
168 · +12.0%
Sinhalese
166 · +3.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin1,293 · 3.6%
    ▼8.9%
  2. 02
    Nepali574 · 1.6%
    ▲100.7%
  3. 03
    Italian537 · 1.5%
    ▼18.1%
  4. 04
    Cantonese420 · 1.2%
    ▼21.6%
  5. 05
    Indonesian364 · 1.0%
    ▲1.7%
  6. 06
    Hindi334 · 0.9%
    ▼0.3%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese333 · 0.9%
    ▲24.3%
  8. 08
    Korean275 · 0.8%
    ▼35.1%
  9. 09
    Spanish274 · 0.8%
    ▲19.7%
  10. 10
    Arabic264 · 0.7%
    ▼15.7%
  11. 11
    Punjabi221 · 0.6%
    ▼28.2%
  12. 12
    Urdu181 · 0.5%
    ▲7.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+100.7%
574 speakers · 1.6% of LGA
#2
Language
Japanese
+29.9%
174 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+24.3%
333 speakers · 0.9% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Burswood
2,778 RESIDENTS
36.8% CALDTop: Mandarin
Victoria Park
9,169 RESIDENTS
34.8% CALDTop: Mandarin
Carlisle
6,652 RESIDENTS
30.2% CALDTop: Mandarin
East Victoria Park
10,327 RESIDENTS
27.1% CALDTop: Mandarin
Lathlain
3,640 RESIDENTS
20.7% CALDTop: Mandarin
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Victoria Park.

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