We are Corangamite

2 per cent.

2 in every 100 Corangamite residents speak a language other than English at home. 283 people, in 33 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
15,524
Speak another language
283
Languages at home
33
Growth since last census
+51.3%

Most of us speak English at home. 283 of us do not, across 33 languages, most often Spanish, Tagalog and Dutch. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Victoria

#76

of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #465 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Spanish

33 speakers

Spanish is spoken by 33 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Corangamite.

Tagalog

32 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 32 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Corangamite.

Dutch

28 speakers

Dutch is spoken by 28 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Corangamite.

The languages of Corangamite

33 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 Corangamite, covering 240 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. 0133+450%
  2. 0232+113%
  3. 0328-6.7%
  4. 0426+62.5%
  5. 0513
  6. 0612-14.3%
  7. 0711+175%
  8. 0811-31.3%
  9. 0911+83.3%
  10. 1010

Why we publish this

1.8% of us

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. 283 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.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

5.8% of us were born overseas, across 37 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    270-1.5%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    268+20.7%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    72+33.3%
  4. 04
    Netherlands
    68-35.2%
  5. 05
    Scotland
    41+173%
  6. 06
    Germany
    18-30.8%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    16+129%
  8. 08
    Nepal
    15
  9. 09
    India
    13-13.3%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    13+44.4%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Corangamite at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    7,657-18.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,466+42.6%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    44-12.0%
  4. 04
    Islam
    22+120%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    20+186%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 25 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Corangamite 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

Corangamite
1.8%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

1.8% of Corangamite 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. 1.8% is 283 residents as a share of all 15,524 of us. A further 1,125 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 9.1%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.0%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Corangamite, 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 Corangamite 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 Corangamite.