Malayalam
33 speakers
It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Buloke, Victoria
Which languages are spoken in Buloke?
The 2021 Census found 157 people in Buloke speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Malayalam is the largest group. None of those languages reaches one resident in 100. Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 6,133
- Speak another language
- 157
- Languages at home
- 28
- Change since 2016
- +22.7%
Which languages are heard at home in Buloke?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
How does Buloke compare with the City of Melbourne?
The share for the City of Melbourne is more than twice as high as Buloke's. In the Victoria table, Buloke is 65th of 79.
- Buloke
- 2.6%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Do Buloke's suburbs differ much?
With 9 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; Donald leads.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- DonaldLed by Filipino4%64
- ThaliaLed by Afrikaans3%15
- BirchipLed by Malayalam3%22
- WycheproofLed by Maltese2%13
- Charlton (Vic.)Led by Mandarin2%29
- CulgoaLed by Tagalog2%5
- Sea LakeLed by Nepali1%9
- Berriwillock0%0
- Bunguluke0%0
- 9 suburbs in Buloke. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
The headline 2.6% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 538 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 11.3%, while measuring only those who answered gives 2.8%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
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