SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Warrnambool

35,038 residents · 63+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.2%
3,559 people
Growth since last census
+203.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.32× Victoria avg
0.38× national avg
Population
35,038
CALD residents
3,559
Languages spoken
63
Fastest-growing
+1130%
Narrative

Why this matters

Warrnambool is home to 35,038 residents. 10.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,559 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Warrnambool 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
    Mandarin308 · 0.9%
    10.2%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese123 · 0.4%
    1130.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese93 · 0.3%
    57.6%
  4. 04
    Filipino80 · 0.2%
    263.6%
  5. 05
    Thai76 · 0.2%
    137.5%
  6. 06
    Punjabi58 · 0.2%
    1060.0%
  1. 01
    Arabic47 · 0.1%
    4.4%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans42 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  3. 03
    Hindi40 · 0.1%
    21.2%
  4. 04
    Tetum36 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Indonesian36 · 0.1%
    5.3%
  6. 06
    French34 · 0.1%
    9.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.2%
Mandarin
308 · -10.2%
Vietnamese
123 · +1130.0%
Sinhalese
93 · +57.6%
Filipino
80 · +263.6%
Thai
76 · +137.5%
Punjabi
58 · +1060.0%
Arabic
47 · +4.4%
Afrikaans
42 · +200.0%
Hindi
40 · +21.2%
Tetum
36 · 0.0%
Indonesian
36 · -5.3%
French
34 · +9.7%
Spanish
33 · +200.0%
Tagalog
30 · +7.1%
Malayalam
30 · +172.7%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin308 · 0.9%
    10.2%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese123 · 0.4%
    1130.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese93 · 0.3%
    57.6%
  4. 04
    Filipino80 · 0.2%
    263.6%
  5. 05
    Thai76 · 0.2%
    137.5%
  6. 06
    Punjabi58 · 0.2%
    1060.0%
  7. 07
    Arabic47 · 0.1%
    4.4%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans42 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  9. 09
    Hindi40 · 0.1%
    21.2%
  10. 10
    Tetum36 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Indonesian36 · 0.1%
    5.3%
  12. 12
    French34 · 0.1%
    9.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Vietnamese
+1130.0%
123 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+1060.0%
58 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+263.6%
80 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
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