Derrimut, Brimbank

Languages spoken in Derrimut

At the 2021 Census, 16 per cent of residents in Derrimut, a suburb of Brimbank, spoke Vietnamese at home. The next largest is Chinese. Derrimut's share is above Victoria, at more than twice the rate. Residents speak 69 languages between them.

Residents
8,608
Speak another language
58.7%+4.5%
Languages spoken
69
Born overseas
46.9%

How large is Derrimut's Vietnamese-speaking community?

Vietnamese at home

16%

The next language, Chinese, is a long way behind.

What's spoken in Derrimut besides Vietnamese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    1,382+32.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    335-13.9%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    239-14.9%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    232+14.3%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    181-5.2%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    156-17.0%
  7. 07
    Macedonian
    151+18.9%
  8. 08
    Mandarin
    141-32.9%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    136-13.4%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    132-24.6%

How does Derrimut compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Derrimut
58.7%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

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

Where were Derrimut's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up about 4,000 people, most often from Vietnam.

  1. 01
    Vietnam
    862+33.4%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    625-12.6%
  3. 03
    India
    508+12.6%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    210-21.9%
  5. 05
    Ethiopia
    122+1.7%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    103+6.2%
  7. 07
    Timor-Leste
    98+19.5%
  8. 08
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    85-39.7%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    73+15.9%
  10. 10
    Afghanistan
    72+279%

What's Derrimut's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,3850%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,498+11.4%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    931+18.3%
  4. 04
    Islam
    700+45.5%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    430+14.1%

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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