SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Wangaratta

29,566 residents · 47+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.2%
3,030 people
Growth since last census
+95.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.32× Victoria avg
0.38× national avg
Population
29,566
CALD residents
3,030
Languages spoken
47
Fastest-growing
+400%
Narrative

Why this matters

Wangaratta is home to 29,566 residents. 10.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,030 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Wangaratta 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
    Italian390 · 1.3%
    22.9%
  2. 02
    Punjabi76 · 0.3%
    192.3%
  3. 03
    Filipino65 · 0.2%
    282.4%
  4. 04
    Nepali63 · 0.2%
    152.0%
  5. 05
    Thai62 · 0.2%
    287.5%
  6. 06
    Mandarin56 · 0.2%
    55.6%
  1. 01
    Tagalog55 · 0.2%
    120.0%
  2. 02
    German47 · 0.2%
    20.5%
  3. 03
    Malayalam35 · 0.1%
    400.0%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese32 · 0.1%
    255.6%
  5. 05
    Dutch24 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish23 · 0.1%
    53.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.2%
Italian
390 · -22.9%
Punjabi
76 · +192.3%
Filipino
65 · +282.4%
Nepali
63 · +152.0%
Thai
62 · +287.5%
Mandarin
56 · +55.6%
Tagalog
55 · +120.0%
German
47 · +20.5%
Malayalam
35 · +400.0%
Sinhalese
32 · +255.6%
Dutch
24
Spanish
23
Afrikaans
22
Samoan
20
Tamil
20
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian390 · 1.3%
    22.9%
  2. 02
    Punjabi76 · 0.3%
    192.3%
  3. 03
    Filipino65 · 0.2%
    282.4%
  4. 04
    Nepali63 · 0.2%
    152.0%
  5. 05
    Thai62 · 0.2%
    287.5%
  6. 06
    Mandarin56 · 0.2%
    55.6%
  7. 07
    Tagalog55 · 0.2%
    120.0%
  8. 08
    German47 · 0.2%
    20.5%
  9. 09
    Malayalam35 · 0.1%
    400.0%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese32 · 0.1%
    255.6%
  11. 11
    Dutch24 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  12. 12
    Spanish23 · 0.1%
    53.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malayalam
+400.0%
35 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+287.5%
62 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+282.4%
65 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Wangaratta.

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