Colac, Colac Otway
What Colac speaks at home
The 2021 Census found one in 14 residents in Colac speaking a language other than English at home, led by Mandarin. The number speaking another language at home has grown by about three quarters since 2016. Colac's share is below Victoria.
- Residents
- 9,326
- Speak another language
- 7.2%+96.2%
- Languages spoken
- 44
- Born overseas
- 8.6%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Colac?
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
- 01Mandarin226+426%
- 02Punjabi37+311%
- 03Samoan30
- 04Arabic29-31.0%
- 05Malayalam25+19.0%
- 06Thai25+317%
- 07Hazaraghi21-36.4%
- 08Italian21-43.2%
- 09Tagalog18+500%
- 10Filipino17+6.3%
How does Colac compare with Colac Otway?
Colac's share is above Colac Otway, at 1.4 times the rate.
- Colac
- 7.2%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Colac Otway
- 5.1%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
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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