SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Wodonga

42,811 residents · 71+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.1%
4,756 people
Growth since last census
+194.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.35× Victoria avg
0.41× national avg
Population
42,811
CALD residents
4,756
Languages spoken
71
Fastest-growing
+1600%
Narrative

Why this matters

Wodonga is home to 42,811 residents. 11.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,756 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Wodonga 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
    Swahili283 · 0.7%
    356.5%
  2. 02
    Nepali220 · 0.5%
    14.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese187 · 0.4%
    1600.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi172 · 0.4%
    55.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin108 · 0.3%
    24.1%
  6. 06
    Tagalog102 · 0.2%
    32.5%
  1. 01
    German96 · 0.2%
    36.4%
  2. 02
    Croatian92 · 0.2%
    16.5%
  3. 03
    Hindi89 · 0.2%
    56.1%
  4. 04
    Filipino78 · 0.2%
    30.0%
  5. 05
    Malayalam73 · 0.2%
    58.7%
  6. 06
    Italian72 · 0.2%
    32.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.1%
Swahili
283 · +356.5%
Nepali
220 · +14.0%
Vietnamese
187 · +1600.0%
Punjabi
172 · +55.0%
Mandarin
108 · +24.1%
Tagalog
102 · +32.5%
German
96 · -36.4%
Croatian
92 · +16.5%
Hindi
89 · +56.1%
Filipino
78 · +30.0%
Malayalam
73 · +58.7%
Italian
72 · -32.7%
Sinhalese
69 · +64.3%
Arabic
66 · +43.5%
Gujarati
64 · +93.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Swahili283 · 0.7%
    356.5%
  2. 02
    Nepali220 · 0.5%
    14.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese187 · 0.4%
    1600.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi172 · 0.4%
    55.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin108 · 0.3%
    24.1%
  6. 06
    Tagalog102 · 0.2%
    32.5%
  7. 07
    German96 · 0.2%
    36.4%
  8. 08
    Croatian92 · 0.2%
    16.5%
  9. 09
    Hindi89 · 0.2%
    56.1%
  10. 10
    Filipino78 · 0.2%
    30.0%
  11. 11
    Malayalam73 · 0.2%
    58.7%
  12. 12
    Italian72 · 0.2%
    32.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Vietnamese
+1600.0%
187 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Swahili
+356.5%
283 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
Gujarati
+93.9%
64 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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