We are Bayside (Vic.)

15 per cent.

About 15 in every 100 Bayside (Vic.) residents speak a language other than English at home, across 108 languages.

Our population
100,802
Speak another language
14,884
Languages at home
108
Growth since last census
+9.7%

15k of us — 14.8% — speak a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin, Greek and Russian. A share this size is easy to design around by accident, which is precisely how it gets designed out.

In Victoria

#29

of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #131 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

2,909 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 2,909 of our residents at home, 2.9% of Bayside (Vic.).

Greek

2,036 speakers

Greek is spoken by 2,036 of our residents at home, 2.0% of Bayside (Vic.).

Russian

1,364 speakers

Russian is spoken by 1,364 of our residents at home, 1.4% of Bayside (Vic.).

The languages of Bayside (Vic.)

108 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
The 18 most spoken languages in Bayside (Vic.), covering 12,254 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

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.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,909+41.8%
  2. 02
    Greek
    2,036-5.7%
  3. 03
    Russian
    1,364+6.4%
  4. 04
    Italian
    989-21.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    646+30.8%
  6. 06
    German
    591-17.7%
  7. 07
    French
    491-9.9%
  8. 08
    Cantonese
    471+16.3%
  9. 09
    Polish
    4500%
  10. 10
    Japanese
    358-4.8%

Fastest-growing among us

Turkish

+44.8% since last census

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. 15k 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.

Turkish grew 44.8% since the last census, to 252 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

24.9% of us were born overseas, across 123 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    6,103+4.1%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2,525+37.8%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    1,703-6.0%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    1,391+17.7%
  5. 05
    India
    1,010+27.7%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    8240%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    792+5.9%
  8. 08
    Germany
    7430%
  9. 09
    Italy
    684-6.7%
  10. 10
    Greece
    666-5.9%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Bayside (Vic.) at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    45,380-6.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    44,981+28.3%
  3. 03
    Judaism
    3,061+14.4%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    1,259+4.2%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    782+52.4%
  6. 06
    Islam
    688+49.6%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 8 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Bayside (Vic.) 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

Bayside (Vic.)
14.8%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

14.8% of Bayside (Vic.) 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. 14.8% is 14,884 residents as a share of all 100,802 of us. A further 3,666 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 18.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 15.3%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Bayside (Vic.), 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 Bayside (Vic.) 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 Bayside (Vic.).