Mandarin
59 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
Ararat, Victoria
Languages other than English in Ararat
Ararat is overwhelmingly English-speaking: at the 2021 Census, about 470 people used another language at home, most often Mandarin. Across Victoria, the share speaking another language is more than double. It's a community that grew fast between the last two censuses.
- Residents
- 11,938
- Speak another language
- 474
- Languages at home
- 49
- Change since 2016
- +47.2%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Ararat?
Mandarin leads a short list of small communities.
What sets Ararat apart from Australia as a whole?
The share nationally is at least twice Ararat's. 27 councils in Victoria have a lower share.
- Ararat
- 4.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
How even is Ararat from suburb to suburb?
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- AraratLed by Mandarin5%439
- ElmhurstLed by Spanish3%11
- PomonalLed by German3%13
- BuangorLed by Polish2%5
- Cathcart (Vic.)Led by Norwegian1%3
- Nerrin NerrinLed by French1%3
- Lake Bolac0%0
- Moyston0%0
- Bornes Hill0%0
- Rossbridge0%0
- Willaura0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 11 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
A note on method: 1,462 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 4.0% sits below the 16.2% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 4.5% measured across respondents only.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.