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Glen Iris, Boroondara

The languages of Glen Iris

At the 2021 Census, 21 per cent of residents in Glen Iris spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. The next largest is Greek. Boroondara has a higher share than Glen Iris. Residents speak 69 languages between them.

Residents
26,107
Speak another language
20.9%+8.6%
Languages spoken
69
Born overseas
25.3%

What languages are spoken in Glen Iris?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,656+38.7%
  2. 02
    Greek
    766-3.3%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    417+6.4%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    240-21.3%
  5. 05
    Italian
    215-9.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    172+19.4%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    146+14.1%
  8. 08
    Gujarati
    139-35.6%
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    107+197%
  10. 10
    French
    91-24.8%

Where were Glen Iris' residents born?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,255+30.6%
  2. 02
    England
    810-1.6%
  3. 03
    India
    692-15.9%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    456+29.9%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    426+0.9%
  6. 06
    Greece
    280-4.8%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    221+6.8%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    198+35.6%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    184+17.9%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    178+6.6%

Where does Glen Iris sit against Victoria?

Victoria has a higher share than Glen Iris.

Glen Iris (Vic.)
20.9%
Boroondara
27.2%
Victoria
26.6%

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

What's Glen Iris' religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    11,538-4.7%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    11,466+25.6%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    765-8.7%
  4. 04
    Judaism
    539+6.1%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    536-5.1%
  6. 06
    Islam
    200+32.5%

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

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Glen Iris (Vic.) is part of Boroondara, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.