Mandarin
239 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 239 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Baw Baw.
We are Baw Baw
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Baw Baw residents speak a language other than English at home. 2,285 people, in 80 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 58,008
- Speak another language
- 2,285
- Languages at home
- 80
- Growth since last census
- +54.1%
Most of us speak English at home. 2,285 of us do not, across 80 languages, most often Mandarin, Italian and Punjabi. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Victoria
#52
of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #300 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Italian
161 speakers
Italian is spoken by 161 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Baw Baw.
Punjabi
139 speakers
Punjabi is spoken by 139 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Baw Baw.
The languages of Baw Baw
80 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Why we publish this
3.9% of us
We share this portrait because a council below the Victoria average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 2,285 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
10.3% of us were born overseas, across 88 countries.
- 01England2,035+17.0%
- 02New Zealand688+34.6%
- 03Netherlands400+13.6%
- 04India366+190%
- 05Scotland271+25.5%
- 06Germany224+1.8%
- 07Philippines180+102%
- 08South Africa171+56.9%
- 09Sri Lanka136+100%
- 10Italy123-15.2%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Baw Baw at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs28,522+63.0%
- 02Christianity24,362-7.1%
- 03Buddhism423+46.9%
- 04Hinduism207+116%
- 05Islam186+174%
- 06Judaism22+175%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 41 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- NoojeeTop language — Croatian8%21
- Trafalgar SouthTop language — Italian6%19
- Buln Buln EastTop language — Dutch6%11
- WarragulTop language — Mandarin6%1,116
- EricaTop language — Italian5%17
- AllambeeTop language — Dutch4%13
- JindivickTop language — Hebrew4%25
- DrouinTop language — Mandarin4%596
- Poowong EastTop language — Cantonese3%9
- Trafalgar (Vic.)Top language — Italian3%141
- Fumina SouthTop language — Greek3%9
- LongwarryTop language — Sinhalese3%72
- Willow GroveTop language — Mandarin3%19
- TridaTop language — Spanish3%15
- Trafalgar EastTop language — Sinhalese3%11
- YarragonTop language — Polish3%51
- NeerimTop language — Italian3%11
- Longwarry NorthTop language — Afrikaans3%9
- Tetoora RoadTop language — Turkish2%9
- ThorpdaleTop language — Italian2%14
- Drouin EastTop language — Russian2%5
- Tanjil SouthTop language — Italian2%14
- Drouin SouthTop language — Italian2%7
- Neerim EastTop language — Polish2%4
- Neerim SouthTop language — Mandarin2%26
- Shady CreekTop language — Thai2%3
- Drouin WestTop language — German1%5
- SeaviewTop language — Czech1%6
- RipplebrookTop language — Mauritian Creole1%5
- Warragul SouthTop language — Bosnian1%4
- DarnumTop language — Greek1%7
- Rokeby (Vic.)Top language — Armenian1%3
- Buln BulnTop language — Thai1%5
- NilmaTop language — Macedonian0%3
- Nilma North0%0
- Narracan0%0
- Rawson0%0
- Labertouche0%0
- Athlone0%0
- Tanjil0%0
- Thomson (Baw Baw - Vic.)0%0
- 41 suburbs in Baw Baw. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Baw Baw shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Baw Baw
- 3.9%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
3.9% of Baw Baw residents speak a language other than English at home, against 26.6% for Victoria and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 3.9% is 2,285 residents as a share of all 58,008 of us. A further 3,323 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 9.7%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Baw Baw, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Baw Baw figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Baw Baw.