Heidelberg Heights, Banyule

The languages of Heidelberg Heights

The 2021 Census found about 1,800 people in Heidelberg Heights, part of Banyule, speaking a language other than English at home. Greek comes next. Victoria has much the same share. For the wider picture, Banyule has a page of its own.

Residents
6,639
Speak another language
27.2%+5.6%
Languages spoken
53
Born overseas
25.3%

What's spoken at home in Heidelberg Heights?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    231+29.1%
  2. 02
    Greek
    1980%
  3. 03
    Somali
    198-15.4%
  4. 04
    Italian
    170-8.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    132+55.3%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    123+28.1%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    75-22.7%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    61+96.8%
  9. 09
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    50+8.7%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    36+9.1%

Where were Heidelberg Heights' residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 25 per cent of residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    178+31.9%
  2. 02
    India
    159-7.6%
  3. 03
    England
    136+21.4%
  4. 04
    Somalia
    112+7.7%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    96+23.1%
  6. 06
    Italy
    90-16.7%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    84+6.3%
  8. 08
    Sri Lanka
    60+81.8%
  9. 09
    Greece
    59+7.3%
  10. 10
    Vietnam
    59-33.7%

Is Heidelberg Heights more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Heidelberg Heights.

Heidelberg Heights
27.2%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Heidelberg Heights' religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,804+36.2%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,582-2.0%
  3. 03
    Islam
    470+19.3%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    177+21.2%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    118+0.9%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    6+50.0%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

Heidelberg Heights is part of Banyule, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.