SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

West Wimmera

3,954 residents · 13+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.7%
384 people
Growth since last census
+88.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× Victoria avg
0.36× national avg
Population
3,954
CALD residents
384
Languages spoken
13
Fastest-growing
+200%
Narrative

Why this matters

West Wimmera is home to 3,954 residents. 9.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 384 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for West Wimmera 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
    Malayalam12 · 0.3%
    200.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Italian7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Bengali7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Gujarati6 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    German6 · 0.2%
    62.5%
  2. 02
    Greek4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Hindi4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.7%
Malayalam
12 · +200.0%
Tagalog
7 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
7 · 0.0%
Italian
7 · 0.0%
Bengali
7 · 0.0%
Gujarati
6 · 0.0%
German
6 · -62.5%
Greek
4 · 0.0%
Filipino
4 · +33.3%
Vietnamese
4 · 0.0%
Hindi
4 · 0.0%
Punjabi
4 · +33.3%
Urdu
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malayalam12 · 0.3%
    200.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Italian7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Bengali7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Gujarati6 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    German6 · 0.2%
    62.5%
  8. 08
    Greek4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Filipino4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Hindi4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Punjabi4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malayalam
+200.0%
12 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for West Wimmera.

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