SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Whitehorse

166,772 residents · 109+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
43.3%
72,187 people
Growth since last census
+20.3%
vs previous census
In context
1.36× Victoria avg
1.60× national avg
Population
166,772
CALD residents
72,187
Languages spoken
109
Fastest-growing
+61%
Narrative

Why this matters

Whitehorse is home to 166,772 residents. 43.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 72,187 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Whitehorse 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
    Mandarin27,356 · 16.4%
    30.3%
  2. 02
    Cantonese9,291 · 5.6%
    8.0%
  3. 03
    Greek3,770 · 2.3%
    8.6%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese2,247 · 1.3%
    8.3%
  5. 05
    Hindi2,184 · 1.3%
    24.4%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese1,693 · 1.0%
    19.6%
  1. 01
    Italian1,690 · 1.0%
    24.6%
  2. 02
    Korean1,343 · 0.8%
    17.0%
  3. 03
    Persian (excluding Dari)1,208 · 0.7%
    16.7%
  4. 04
    Punjabi1,114 · 0.7%
    22.6%
  5. 05
    Tamil947 · 0.6%
    33.6%
  6. 06
    Gujarati859 · 0.5%
    32.8%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 57%
MAN
CAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 56.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 43.3%
Mandarin
27,356 · +30.3%
Cantonese
9,291 · +8.0%
Greek
3,770 · -8.6%
Vietnamese
2.2k
Hindi
2.2k
Sinhalese
1.7k
Italian
1.7k
Korean
1.3k
Persian (excluding Dari)
1.2k
Punjabi
1.1k
Tamil
Gujarati
Indonesian
Spanish
Urdu
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin27,356 · 16.4%
    30.3%
  2. 02
    Cantonese9,291 · 5.6%
    8.0%
  3. 03
    Greek3,770 · 2.3%
    8.6%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese2,247 · 1.3%
    8.3%
  5. 05
    Hindi2,184 · 1.3%
    24.4%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese1,693 · 1.0%
    19.6%
  7. 07
    Italian1,690 · 1.0%
    24.6%
  8. 08
    Korean1,343 · 0.8%
    17.0%
  9. 09
    Persian (excluding Dari)1,208 · 0.7%
    16.7%
  10. 10
    Punjabi1,114 · 0.7%
    22.6%
  11. 11
    Tamil947 · 0.6%
    33.6%
  12. 12
    Gujarati859 · 0.5%
    32.8%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Urdu
+60.6%
649 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Tamil
+33.6%
947 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
#3
Language
Gujarati
+32.8%
859 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
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