SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Yarra

88,283 residents · 106+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
23.6%
20,862 people
Growth since last census
-0.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.74× Victoria avg
0.87× national avg
Population
88,283
CALD residents
20,862
Languages spoken
106
Fastest-growing
+28%
Narrative

Why this matters

Yarra is home to 88,283 residents. 23.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 20,862 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Yarra 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
    Vietnamese2,975 · 3.4%
    ▼10.4%
  2. 02
    Greek1,983 · 2.2%
    ▼11.4%
  3. 03
    Mandarin1,681 · 1.9%
    ▼12.1%
  4. 04
    Italian1,215 · 1.4%
    ▼20.2%
  5. 05
    Cantonese1,034 · 1.2%
    ▼10.6%
  6. 06
    Spanish839 · 1.0%
    ▲2.4%
  1. 01
    French556 · 0.6%
    ▼4.3%
  2. 02
    Arabic548 · 0.6%
    ▼13.6%
  3. 03
    German453 · 0.5%
    ▲28.0%
  4. 04
    Somali396 · 0.4%
    ▲0.0%
  5. 05
    Oromo337 · 0.4%
    ▲27.2%
  6. 06
    Hakka242 · 0.3%
    ▼33.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 76%
VIE
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 76.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 23.6%
Vietnamese
2,975 · -10.4%
Greek
1,983 · -11.4%
Mandarin
1,681 · -12.1%
Italian
1,215 · -20.2%
Cantonese
1,034 · -10.6%
Spanish
839 · +2.4%
French
556 · -4.3%
Arabic
548 · -13.6%
German
453 · +28.0%
Somali
396 · 0.0%
Oromo
337
Hakka
242
Japanese
225
Turkish
218
Thai
183
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Vietnamese2,975 · 3.4%
    ▼10.4%
  2. 02
    Greek1,983 · 2.2%
    ▼11.4%
  3. 03
    Mandarin1,681 · 1.9%
    ▼12.1%
  4. 04
    Italian1,215 · 1.4%
    ▼20.2%
  5. 05
    Cantonese1,034 · 1.2%
    ▼10.6%
  6. 06
    Spanish839 · 1.0%
    ▲2.4%
  7. 07
    French556 · 0.6%
    ▼4.3%
  8. 08
    Arabic548 · 0.6%
    ▼13.6%
  9. 09
    German453 · 0.5%
    ▲28.0%
  10. 10
    Somali396 · 0.4%
    ▲0.0%
  11. 11
    Oromo337 · 0.4%
    ▲27.2%
  12. 12
    Hakka242 · 0.3%
    ▼33.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
German
+28.0%
453 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Oromo
+27.2%
337 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Japanese
+12.5%
225 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Collingwood (Vic.)
8,943 RESIDENTS
29.8% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Fitzroy (Vic.)
10,168 RESIDENTS
29.6% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Abbotsford (Vic.)
8,942 RESIDENTS
27.8% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Richmond (Vic.)
28,224 RESIDENTS
26.2% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Fitzroy North
12,558 RESIDENTS
18.8% CALDTop: Italian
Princes Hill
1,972 RESIDENTS
18.7% CALDTop: Italian
Carlton North
6,064 RESIDENTS
15.4% CALDTop: Italian
Burnley
782 RESIDENTS
15.2% CALDTop: Greek
Clifton Hill
6,502 RESIDENTS
14.1% CALDTop: Greek
Cremorne (Vic.)
1,838 RESIDENTS
13.1% CALDTop: Greek
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Yarra.

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