Victorian COVID-19 Hotspots – Top Languages

by thangngo | Jul 1, 2020 | Multicultural Marketing

The Victorian government will implement additional COVID-19 restrictions for 10 hotspot postcodes in Melbourne from 11.59pm tonight.

These restrictions wil apply to the following postcodes:

3038: Keilor Downs, Keilor Lodge, Taylors Lakes, Watergardens
3021: Albanvale, Kealba, Kings Park, St Albans
3012: Brooklyn, Kingsville, Maidstone, Tottenham, West Footscray
3042: Airport West, Keilor Park, Niddrie, Niddrie North
3064: Craigieburn, Donnybrook, Mickleham, Roxburgh Park, Kalkallo
3047: Broadmeadows, Dallas, Jacana
3060: Fawkner
3032: Ascot Vale, Highpoint City, Maribyrnong, Travancore
3046: Glenroy, Hadfield, Oak Park
3055: Brunswick South, Brunswick West, Moonee Vale, Moreland West

The IDENTITY Communications strategy team has crunched the data to show all languages (other than English) spoken in these 10 hotspot postcodes (Source: 2016 Census, ABS).

To find the top languages spoken in each postcode, or for the grand total across all postcodes, just click on the sort arrows at the top of the respective columns.

Language	3038	3021	3012	3042	3064	3047	3060	3032	3046	3055	Total
Vietnamese	1080	12739	3066	75	404	470	162	2057	368	123	20561
Arabic	947	1177	309	156	5859	3504	1292	477	2767	330	16827
Italian	1338	697	584	1569	1616	239	1938	936	2249	847	12011
Turkish	418	528	104	45	5054	2702	362	132	1270	85	10708
Punjabi	356	2384	175	71	4323	313	112	67	530	46	8385
Greek	1317	1240	477	492	766	269	577	590	862	786	7370
Urdu	82	515	242	22	1214	771	1742	93	1199	103	5981
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	4	15	0	6	4168	423	215	0	89	4	4919
Mandarin	260	686	694	203	433	117	94	1423	621	332	4872
Hindi	269	594	263	118	2002	130	132	292	518	101	4422
Cantonese	351	1269	685	110	198	99	37	1024	263	97	4136
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	96	85	5	34	2939	662	110	26	120	6	4079
Sinhalese	267	169	48	72	2337	114	77	69	323	36	3509
Maltese	609	1732	79	140	278	98	123	67	333	23	3496
Macedonian	1095	1407	204	53	394	34	16	102	61	19	3386
Spanish	348	752	336	159	425	155	61	462	244	209	3149
Croatian	921	1109	200	149	195	71	73	165	167	36	3080
Nepali	8	187	238	35	314	414	176	82	967	170	2594
Tagalog	165	873	176	24	777	130	84	123	167	42	2560
Samoan	60	728	25	7	1225	272	40	15	101	0	2469
Filipino	105	520	93	25	517	98	56	86	136	22	1669
Serbian	223	723	136	27	131	68	22	114	83	38	1566
Malayalam	47	101	29	10	834	31	47	55	277	32	1449
Bengali	15	91	287	11	230	76	401	42	99	60	1307
Tamil	75	259	73	26	451	65	99	93	113	30	1291
Telugu	28	71	380	11	325	62	23	113	182	38	1228
Polish	187	362	87	52	120	29	33	69	180	28	1145
Persian (excluding Dari)	17	150	67	30	152	175	23	148	226	60	1040
Somali	4	103	81	0	220	293	30	185	28	38	985
Bosnian	78	515	41	12	62	66	0	42	43	4	861
Non-verbal, so described	34	116	60	20	263	55	55	52	96	25	782
German	47	205	54	55	39	15	23	67	90	69	667
Indonesian	28	45	87	11	136	25	28	105	84	105	656
Thai	25	114	83	37	122	36	21	87	83	27	638
Gujarati	6	32	87	28	221	36	22	83	91	22	614
Pashto	10	254	6	6	67	35	158	5	58	5	599
French	52	71	69	40	99	18	31	102	51	61	594
Portuguese	39	71	78	12	169	29	22	107	30	32	589
Albanian	198	229	43	12	63	3	4	14	5	14	579
Dinka	41	368	22	0	4	24	0	41	0	0	504
Amharic	8	188	144	3	12	4	0	117	7	12	502
Hakka	71	200	36	0	71	6	0	72	4	5	467
Korean	12	19	60	13	40	16	3	136	64	32	401
Japanese	13	26	63	36	21	4	22	99	50	68	394
Hmong	0	11	0	0	357	10	0	0	0	0	378
Tigrinya	5	97	104	0	40	19	0	91	0	10	372
Ukrainian	18	74	30	65	29	32	0	42	75	10	371
Malay	17	14	13	12	143	26	27	39	55	19	368
Russian	26	59	31	23	55	10	13	61	56	19	340
Kurdish	6	29	6	0	55	91	3	0	130	3	327
Tongan	13	131	45	0	108	9	0	0	8	5	318
Oromo	20	46	43	3	64	36	0	66	4	10	290
Burmese	4	130	15	0	26	11	55	4	29	0	281
Southern Asian Languages, nfd	25	44	18	9	117	21	10	14	17	0	275
Dari	0	55	15	0	115	15	9	7	5	4	229
Chin Haka	4	204	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	228
Hazaraghi	0	31	46	0	138	6	0	0	0	0	225
Romanian	45	75	30	12	19	11	0	11	11	6	212
Hungarian	37	63	21	14	33	6	0	10	25	0	211
Min Nan	8	81	28	3	12	0	3	57	11	6	211
Slovene	37	97	11	14	11	0	8	10	18	0	204
Lao	12	121	5	3	22	0	3	12	4	6	193
Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described	25	70	19	12	10	12	5	14	13	8	185
Dutch	6	22	27	18	14	0	4	45	23	15	177
Chinese, nfd	14	34	34	5	8	0	0	33	22	16	170
Kannada	9	0	6	0	72	0	10	20	24	13	161
Marathi	9	13	14	7	53	0	0	18	40	3	158
Burmese and Related Languages, nec	0	137	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	151
Shona	6	7	12	0	73	4	6	5	13	6	131
Slovak	27	68	13	0	6	0	0	6	3	4	126
Swahili	0	50	7	3	27	3	4	19	0	4	121
Fijian	12	31	7	0	51	11	0	4	7	4	119
Maori (New Zealand)	0	34	8	0	37	8	7	4	8	4	106
Auslan	5	11	17	12	12	6	0	19	17	5	103
Maori (Cook Island)	0	22	0	0	51	9	9	0	4	6	102
Mauritian Creole	12	8	12	4	14	0	4	20	16	3	98
Sindhi	0	14	0	0	0	9	49	0	18	8	97
Khmer	16	11	18	0	21	5	0	21	6	3	93
African Languages, nec	3	21	9	0	40	0	0	9	0	0	81
African Languages, nfd	4	38	10	0	19	3	3	6	0	0	80
Afrikaans	10	4	10	0	16	4	0	14	5	10	79
Akan	0	10	0	0	61	0	0	0	4	0	76
Swedish	0	4	8	4	16	0	0	7	13	21	73
Yoruba	0	27	0	8	23	9	0	0	0	4	71
Mon-Khmer, nec	0	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	70
Finnish	0	12	4	4	10	17	3	3	6	13	69
Indo-Aryan, nfd	0	27	0	0	15	0	10	0	8	0	66
Bisaya	0	18	0	0	22	7	3	3	7	0	63
Fijian Hindustani	6	5	6	0	35	0	0	0	8	0	62
French Creole, nfd	4	7	10	0	19	0	4	0	8	9	59
Bulgarian	5	30	9	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	57
Tetum	0	9	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	7	51
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)	4	18	4	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	50
Czech	6	3	16	3	3	4	0	3	0	5	41
Armenian	0	0	0	0	20	3	6	0	6	0	41
Timorese	5	25	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	40
Cebuano	0	3	3	0	10	3	0	3	3	0	39
Konkani	0	5	0	0	18	0	3	8	5	4	38
Luganda	0	24	5	0	5	0	0	6	0	0	38
Other Southern Asian Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	14	35
Indo-Aryan, nec	0	3	0	0	12	0	4	0	14	0	33
Igbo	5	11	4	0	8	4	0	0	6	0	32
Tigre	0	8	3	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	31
Estonian	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	4	4	7	30
Danish	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	29
Burmese and Related Languages, nfd	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
Iranic, nfd	0	0	0	0	7	8	3	0	8	0	27
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	6	0	26
Harari	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	9	3	0	26
Krio	0	8	5	0	9	7	0	0	3	0	25
Tulu	0	0	3	4	9	0	6	0	11	0	23
Acholi	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	23
Dhivehi	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0	22
Dan (Gio-Dan)	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
Oriya	5	0	0	8	0	0	0	5	3	0	20
Latvian	0	5	4	5	0	0	0	4	3	0	19
Hebrew	0	7	7	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	19
Uygur	0	0	3	0	3	4	0	5	0	0	19
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	19
Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)	8	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	19
Creole, nfd	0	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	19
Turkmen	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	18
Rohingya	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	3	0	18
Cypriot, so described	3	6	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	18
Lithuanian	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	5	0	17
Irish	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	16
Norwegian	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16
Wu	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	15
Hausa	0	3	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	13
Nyanja (Chichewa)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	13
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	12
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	12
Pidgin, nfd	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Gaelic (Scotland)	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Assamese	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	10
IIokano	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	9
Bemba	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9
Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian)	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Bikol	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	8
Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nec	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	8
Bari	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Belorussian	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Yorta Yorta	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7
Tswana	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	7
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Liberian (Liberian English)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	7
Romany	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Karen	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Pampangan	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Zulu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ndebele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6
Mandinka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Swiss, so described	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Latin	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wiradjuri	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Ewe	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Mann	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Gilbertese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Tokelauan	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
Iranic, nec	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Azeri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nfd	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4
Kirundi (Rundi)	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Sign Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Mandaean (Mandaic)	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Balinese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Other Eastern Asian Languages, nec	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Aboriginal English, so described	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Loma (Lorma)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Niue	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Tuvaluan	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Invented Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Sign Languages, nfd	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Spanish Creole, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3

Top Languages Spoken in Victoria

by thangngo | Jul 16, 2017 | Multicultural Marketing, Statistics

Key Victorian multicultural stats from the 2016 Census.

IDENTITY Communications, the intelligent multicultural marketing agency has compiled key multicultural data from the latest Census:

Top languages spoken in Victoria, including those with low English language proficiency.
Top local government areas ranked by the number of residents who speak a language other than English at home.

Top languages spoken in Victoria (other than English).

Mandarin speakers in Victoria has increased by 85% in the five years between the last two Censuses (2011-2016). It has overtaken Italian and Greek to be the most spoken language, other than English in Victoria. Over the same period, Italian speakers have declined by 10%, Greek by 5%, while Vietnamese has increased by 19% and Cantonese by 7%.

Rank	Language	High Proficiency	Low Proficiency	Total	Not applicable	Grand Total
1	Mandarin	141989	48713	190702	1091	191796
2	Italian	94897	15835	110732	1548	112270
3	Greek	90296	19390	109686	1023	110706
4	Vietnamese	70602	32025	102627	805	103429
5	Arabic	66071	12639	78710	878	79589
6	Cantonese	58939	18676	77615	465	78078
7	Punjabi	49722	5853	55575	593	56166
8	Hindi	48419	2440	50859	379	51236
9	Sinhalese	35093	2049	37142	281	37428
10	Spanish	31256	3895	35151	348	35492
11	Turkish	25490	6028	31518	318	31833
12	Macedonian	24355	4826	29181	321	29487
13	Tamil	23088	2349	25437	230	25664
14	Urdu	20928	2043	22971	228	23204
15	Tagalog/Filipino	39309	1142	40451	373	40828
16	Croatian	17464	2813	20277	236	20508
17	German	18938	536	19474	236	19715
18	French	18409	738	19147	171	19310
19	Russian	14463	3087	17550	135	17684
20	Serbian	13943	2918	16861	189	17055
21	Malayalam	15459	1365	16824	131	16952
22	Maltese	15433	1241	16674	222	16895
23	Indonesian	15543	1123	16666	123	16781
24	Persian (excluding Dari)	13075	3197	16272	149	16433
25	Korean	11061	4333	15394	128	15519
26	Polish	13194	1840	15034	141	15177
27	Gujarati	13609	1351	14960	107	15064
28	Khmer	9535	5045	14580	134	14723
29	Telugu	12090	996	13086	73	13160
30	Dari	8778	3457	12235	156	12386
31	Thai	9377	2189	11566	111	11669
32	Samoan	10523	886	11409	205	11611
33	Japanese	9765	1625	11390	94	11483
34	Bengali	10189	730	10919	78	10997
35	Nepali	9382	957	10339	70	10413
36	Non-verbal, so described	361	7036	7397	1806	9210
37	Hazaraghi	5746	3192	8938	121	9061
38	Dutch	8266	215	8481	109	8600
39	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5430	2290	7720	55	7784
40	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5469	2034	7503	72	7571
41	Somali	6283	1054	7337	119	7454
42	Portuguese	6471	783	7254	48	7299
43	Chinese, nfd	4484	2571	7055	40	7097
44	Albanian	5619	1136	6755	73	6832
45	Hungarian	5950	708	6658	73	6729
46	Bosnian	4825	982	5807	75	5884
47	Min Nan	4800	919	5719	30	5750
48	Afrikaans	5451	77	5528	36	5563
49	Hakka	3965	1536	5501	35	5532
50	Karen	2414	2715	5129	43	5177
51	Hebrew	4962	173	5135	31	5172
52	Romanian	4558	517	5075	46	5127
53	Malay	4641	270	4911	33	4946
54	Dinka	3971	827	4798	75	4874
55	Pashto	3522	1105	4627	61	4691
56	Inadequately described	2810	1120	3930	348	4278
57	Burmese	2600	1541	4141	34	4177
58	Marathi	3700	158	3858	22	3878
59	Amharic	3248	419	3667	65	3724
60	Kannada	3463	170	3633	20	3654
61	Tongan	2930	269	3199	61	3257
62	Chin Haka	1474	1654	3128	24	3142
63	Auslan	2175	629	2804	74	2870
64	Ukrainian	2473	334	2807	36	2839
65	Southern Asian Languages, nfd	2561	254	2815	31	2839
66	Swahili	2129	290	2419	24	2443
67	Mauritian Creole	2214	146	2360	20	2367
68	Tigrinya	1835	349	2184	34	2218
69	Shona	2062	35	2097	38	2129
70	Oromo	1735	321	2056	45	2104
71	Armenian	1768	220	1988	14	2004
72	Lao	1502	478	1980	20	1999
73	Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described	1612	281	1893	22	1911
74	Swedish	1834	64	1898	6	1910
75	Burmese and Related Languages, nec	813	994	1807	8	1823
76	Slovene	1606	105	1711	23	1740
77	Maori (New Zealand)	1607	48	1655	26	1674
78	Kurdish	1138	453	1591	14	1606
79	Nuer	1356	215	1571	26	1599
80	Slovak	1410	171	1581	7	1592
81	Czech	1434	114	1548	10	1564
82	Maori (Cook Island)	1368	80	1448	27	1464
83	Yiddish	1163	102	1265	32	1295
84	French Creole, nfd	1168	38	1206	15	1217
85	Danish	1051	20	1071	17	1092
86	Latvian	970	37	1007	7	1008
87	Fijian	953	28	981	19	1007
88	Konkani	912	47	959	7	965
89	Finnish	888	67	955	8	964
90	Wu	640	300	940	0	938
91	Creole, nfd	785	40	825	10	847
92	Bisaya	764	38	802	5	811
93	Cebuano	670	26	696	7	705
94	Bulgarian	636	59	695	0	698
95	Yoruba	656	8	664	7	675
96	Lithuanian	605	36	641	9	654
97	African Languages, nfd	541	77	618	8	631
98	Zomi	241	375	616	6	619
99	Hmong	377	179	556	14	573
100	African Languages, nec	500	62	562	12	572
101	Sindhi	521	42	563	5	570
102	Rohingya	219	332	551	15	566
103	Fijian Hindustani	506	13	519	11	530
104	Norwegian	493	21	514	7	520
105	Harari	449	51	500	9	517
106	Akan	449	27	476	7	484
107	Igbo	421	21	442	10	450
108	Irish	395	13	408	5	412
109	Tibetan	263	134	397	0	395
110	Burmese and Related Languages, nfd	187	193	380	3	382
111	Indo-Aryan, nfd	311	21	332	11	348
112	Tetum	277	53	330	6	337
113	Iranic, nfd	214	115	329	0	331
114	Kirundi (Rundi)	228	85	313	9	319
115	Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)	302	8	310	3	314
116	Welsh	285	5	290	4	301
117	Estonian	272	17	289	3	293
118	Krio	269	20	289	8	289
119	Uygur	196	78	274	0	271
120	Timorese	186	69	255	3	259
121	Gaelic (Scotland)	236	9	245	4	243
122	Oriya	218	17	235	0	235
123	Tulu	224	12	236	0	230
124	Indo-Aryan, nec	191	21	212	0	213
125	Ndebele	193	0	193	3	200
126	Shilluk	175	21	196	3	199
127	Sign Languages, nfd	105	84	189	11	199
128	Pidgin, nfd	186	3	189	0	184
129	Other Southern Asian Languages	174	10	184	0	183
130	Mongolian	129	45	174	0	177
131	Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)	168	5	173	0	175
132	Bari	144	22	166	3	173
133	Dhivehi	161	7	168	0	172
134	Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	147	9	156	8	155
135	Luganda	134	9	143	7	145
136	Nauruan	146	0	146	0	145
137	Assamese	128	3	131	0	137
138	IIokano	128	0	128	0	135
139	Catalan	124	14	138	3	132
140	Mon-Khmer, nec	90	42	132	0	126
141	Ewe	102	13	115	0	116
142	Swiss, so described	114	0	114	0	115
143	Cypriot, so described	101	17	118	0	115
144	Acholi	91	13	104	3	113
145	Zulu	100	5	105	0	109
146	Tswana	108	0	108	0	109
147	Tigre	88	15	103	0	105
148	Niue	109	0	109	0	102
149	Azeri	93	10	103	0	100
150	Latin	87	11	98	4	99
151	Romany	76	16	92	3	97
152	Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	67	21	88	3	97
153	Dan (Gio-Dan)	82	10	92	3	93
154	Uzbek	65	21	86	0	92
155	Kashmiri	80	8	88	0	89
156	Bemba	79	0	79	0	83
157	Belorussian	76	14	90	0	82
158	Georgian	52	23	75	0	75
159	Pampangan	70	0	70	0	74
160	Mandinka	58	13	71	0	65
161	Nyanja (Chichewa)	57	0	57	0	64
162	Yorta Yorta	58	0	58	0	59
163	Tuvaluan	56	3	59	0	58
164	Hausa	48	7	55	0	57
165	Liberian (Liberian English)	43	9	52	0	57
166	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nec	42	6	48	0	54
167	Gilbertese	51	3	54	0	54
168	Turkmen	47	9	56	0	53
169	Dravidian, nec	48	3	51	0	50
170	Key Word Sign Australia	20	24	44	0	47
171	Fulfulde	36	3	39	6	46
172	Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian)	40	5	45	0	45
173	Madi	41	9	50	0	45
174	Ga	38	11	49	0	43
175	Lingala	32	0	32	0	42
176	Invented Languages	36	0	36	0	42
177	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nfd	42	0	42	0	41
178	Icelandic	42	3	45	0	40
179	Kikuyu	41	0	41	0	39
180	Eastern European Languages, nfd	32	8	40	0	36
181	Luo	24	4	28	0	36
182	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec	27	10	37	0	36
183	Papua New Guinea Languages, nfd	35	0	35	0	36
184	Mon	20	14	34	0	35
185	Bikol	32	0	32	0	34
186	Other Southern European Languages, nec	34	0	34	0	33
187	Balinese	24	0	24	0	33
188	Mandaean (Mandaic)	30	0	30	3	32
189	Loma (Lorma)	23	7	30	0	32
190	Bislama	32	0	32	0	32
191	American Languages	29	3	32	0	31
192	Seychelles Creole	23	0	23	0	30
193	Moro (Nuba Moro)	18	3	21	0	30
194	Spanish Creole, nfd	28	0	28	0	30
195	Mann	23	3	26	0	29
196	Motu (HiriMotu)	23	5	28	0	29
197	Aboriginal English, so described	25	0	25	0	28
198	Xhosa	25	0	25	0	27
199	Tokelauan	23	0	23	0	26
200	Czechoslovakian, so described	23	0	23	0	25
201	Balochi	20	0	20	0	25
202	Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)	14	0	14	3	25
203	Wiradjuri	19	0	19	0	24
204	Krahn	15	0	15	6	24
205	Papua New Guinea Languages, nec	20	8	28	0	24
206	Anuak	14	9	23	0	23
207	Nyungar	21	0	21	0	19
208	Celtic, nfd	18	7	25	0	18
209	Bassa	19	0	19	0	18
210	Warlpiri	12	0	12	0	17
211	Frisian	12	0	12	0	15
212	Tatar	12	0	12	0	15
213	Pitjantjatjara	18	0	18	0	15
214	Rotuman	15	0	15	0	15
215	Sign Languages, nec	11	4	15	0	15
216	Javanese	19	0	19	0	14
217	Other Eastern Asian Languages, nec	11	3	14	0	14
218	Kriol	18	0	18	0	14
219	Paakantyi	11	0	11	0	13
220	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nfd	17	0	17	0	13
221	Yapese	12	0	12	0	13
222	Turkic, nec	15	0	15	0	12
223	Murrinh Patha	10	0	10	0	12
224	Wergaia	13	3	16	0	12
225	Chinese, nec	9	0	9	0	11
226	Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec	10	0	10	0	11
227	Solomon Islands Pijin	10	0	10	0	11
228	Letzeburgish	14	0	14	0	10
229	Other Southeast Asian Languages	3	0	3	0	10
230	Yolngu Matha, nfd	3	0	3	0	10
231	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nec	4	0	4	0	10
232	Iranic, nec	7	0	7	0	9
233	Middle Eastern Semitic Languages, nec	10	0	10	0	9
234	Ngarrindjeri	9	0	9	0	9
235	Portuguese Creole, nfd	12	0	12	0	9
236	Southeast Asian Languages, nfd	5	0	5	0	8
237	Tai, nec	5	5	10	0	8
238	Iban	3	4	7	0	8
239	Celtic, nec	7	0	7	0	7
240	Norf'k-Pitcairn	7	0	7	0	7
241	Basque	6	0	6	0	6
242	Arrernte, nec	9	0	9	0	6
243	Manyjilyjarra	6	0	6	0	6
244	Kanai	6	0	6	0	6
245	Kpelle	0	0	0	0	6
246	Tiwi	5	0	5	0	5
247	Wangkatha	4	0	4	0	5
248	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nfd	9	0	9	0	5
249	Scandinavian, nfd	4	0	4	0	4
250	Iberian Romance, nec	3	0	3	0	4
251	Yidiny	4	0	4	0	4
252	Torres Strait Island Languages, nfd	4	0	4	0	4
253	Wajarri	5	0	5	0	4
254	Finnish and Related Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	3
255	Iberian Romance, nfd	4	0	4	0	3
256	Other Eastern European Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	3
257	Djambarrpuyngu	3	0	3	0	3
258	Guugu Yimidhirr	3	0	3	0	3
259	Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec	3	0	3	0	3
260	Yankunytjatjara	4	0	4	0	3
261	Bandjalang	3	0	3	0	3
262	Bidjara	3	0	3	0	3
263	Other Languages, nfd	3	0	3	0	3
	Total	1,259,541	262,977	1,522,518	16,212	1,538,793

Note: “Not Stated” is not included. Low Proficiency include “Not Well” or “Not at All”, High Proficiency include “Well” or “Very Well” in relation to English language proficiency.

Top local government areas (LGAs) ranked by the number of residents who speak a language other than English at home in Victoria.

Brimbank LGA has the highest number of residents who speak a language at home with over 113,000 people followed by Casey. However, in terms of percentage of residents who speak a language other than English at home, Greater Dandenong tops the list with 64% followed by Brimbank.

Rank	LGA	Total	LOTE	% LOTE
1	Brimbank (C)	194315	113454	58
2	Casey (C)	299296	107270	36
3	Greater Dandenong (C)	152052	98020	64
4	Monash (C)	182617	91553	50
5	Wyndham (C)	217118	89168	41
6	Hume (C)	197376	88551	45
7	Whittlesea (C)	197490	86972	44
8	Melbourne (C)	135964	65452	48
9	Moreland (C)	162564	62047	38
10	Whitehorse (C)	162080	59510	37
11	Darebin (C)	146722	54340	37
12	Manningham (C)	116260	49410	42
13	Boroondara (C)	167232	45570	27
14	Glen Eira (C)	140875	44368	31
15	Melton (C)	135443	43582	32
16	Kingston (C)	151389	39350	26
17	Knox (C)	154109	38824	25
18	Moonee Valley (C)	116674	34718	30
19	Maribyrnong (C)	82285	34443	42
20	Banyule (C)	121869	26431	22
21	Hobsons Bay (C)	88777	25757	29
22	Greater Geelong (C)	233426	24809	11
23	Stonnington (C)	103831	24067	23
24	Port Phillip (C)	100863	20761	21
25	Yarra (C)	86652	19316	22
26	Maroondah (C)	110372	18721	17
27	Frankston (C)	134144	15242	11
28	Bayside (C)	97092	14236	15
29	Yarra Ranges (S)	149542	10708	7
30	Cardinia (S)	94130	10569	11
31	Greater Shepparton (C)	63839	9397	15
32	Mornington Peninsula (S)	154996	8402	5
33	Nillumbik (S)	61274	5635	9
34	Ballarat (C)	101689	5502	5
35	Mildura (RC)	53878	5126	10
36	Greater Bendigo (C)	110479	5103	5
37	Latrobe (C)	73257	4837	7
38	Mitchell (S)	40916	2948	7
39	Swan Hill (RC)	20587	2371	12
40	Wodonga (C)	39347	2364	6
41	Macedon Ranges (S)	46103	2064	4
42	Baw Baw (S)	48477	1922	4
43	Moorabool (S)	31820	1691	5
44	Wellington (S)	42986	1621	4
45	East Gippsland (S)	45041	1589	4
46	Bass Coast (S)	32806	1577	5
47	Warrnambool (C)	33655	1455	4
48	No usual address (Vic.)	7572	1396	18
49	Moira (S)	29108	1335	5
50	Wangaratta (RC)	28310	1302	5
51	Surf Coast (S)	29402	1180	4
52	Campaspe (S)	37054	1091	3
53	South Gippsland (S)	28700	972	3
54	Alpine (S)	12335	946	8
55	Colac-Otway (S)	20971	885	4
56	Horsham (RC)	19641	744	4
57	Hepburn (S)	15327	716	5
58	Golden Plains (S)	21687	649	3
59	Mount Alexander (S)	18762	637	3
60	Glenelg (S)	19556	443	2
61	Murrindindi (S)	13730	432	3
62	Southern Grampians (S)	15941	427	3
63	Ararat (RC)	11599	421	4
64	Benalla (RC)	13863	393	3
65	Indigo (S)	15953	364	2
66	Northern Grampians (S)	11436	361	3
67	Moyne (S)	16499	358	2
68	Mansfield (S)	8589	343	4
69	Strathbogie (S)	10272	340	3
70	Central Goldfields (S)	12993	325	3
71	Hindmarsh (S)	5725	308	5
72	Corangamite (S)	16053	268	2
73	Loddon (S)	7512	222	3
74	Gannawarra (S)	10548	208	2
75	Buloke (S)	6202	163	3
76	Yarriambiack (S)	6675	161	2
77	Towong (S)	5986	155	3
78	Pyrenees (S)	7240	152	2
79	West Wimmera (S)	3905	82	2
80	Queenscliffe (B)	2854	81	3
	Total	5926624	1538831	26

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Status by Age and Gender in Victoria.

	0-4	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+	Total
Males	2,752	5,284	4,583	5,760	4,101	1,137	23,617
Females	2,725	5,123	4,486	6,017	4,429	1,379	24,159
Total	5,476	10,414	9,073	11,776	8,538	2,518	47,795

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