Italian
144 speakers
Italian is spoken by 144 of our residents at home, 0.3% of East Gippsland.
We are East Gippsland
3 per cent.
3 in every 100 East Gippsland residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,501 people, in 67 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 48,154
- Speak another language
- 1,501
- Languages at home
- 67
- Growth since last census
- +25.1%
Most of us speak English at home. 1,501 of us do not, across 67 languages, most often Italian, Mandarin and German. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Victoria
#59
of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #353 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
130 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 130 of our residents at home, 0.3% of East Gippsland.
German
113 speakers
German is spoken by 113 of our residents at home, 0.2% of East Gippsland.
The languages of East Gippsland
67 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
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.
Why we publish this
3.1% 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. 1,501 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
10.0% of us were born overseas, across 69 countries.
- 01England1,857+8.9%
- 02New Zealand484+20.7%
- 03Philippines278+106%
- 04Netherlands257-12.3%
- 05Germany246-17.7%
- 06Scotland240+12.1%
- 07India182+67.0%
- 08Italy149+5.7%
- 09South Africa116+52.6%
- 10United States of America84+115%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in East Gippsland at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs23,533+41.2%
- 02Christianity19,618-12.9%
- 03Buddhism300+26.6%
- 04Hinduism129+55.4%
- 05Islam113+290%
- 06Judaism11+57.1%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 44 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- LindenowTop language — Tetum8%52
- BairnsdaleTop language — Italian5%414
- EnsayTop language — Mandarin5%11
- NyerimilangTop language — Mandarin5%23
- MallacootaTop language — German5%59
- Eastwood (Vic.)Top language — Mandarin4%129
- Lakes EntranceTop language — Greek4%198
- East BairnsdaleTop language — Vietnamese4%52
- Lucknow (Vic.)Top language — Cantonese4%49
- KalimnaTop language — Punjabi3%41
- Mount TaylorTop language — Mandarin3%11
- FernbankTop language — Tetum3%10
- Tambo UpperTop language — Cantonese3%9
- SarsfieldTop language — Sinhalese3%15
- Granite RockTop language — Dutch3%7
- Goon NureTop language — Auslan3%6
- Lindenow SouthTop language — Filipino2%19
- Swan Reach (Vic.)Top language — Greek2%21
- OrbostTop language — Mandarin2%57
- BruthenTop language — French2%19
- Nicholson (Vic.)Top language — Portuguese2%30
- Eagle PointTop language — Afrikaans2%43
- Lake BungaTop language — Assyrian Neo-Aramaic2%13
- Paynesville (Vic.)Top language — Dutch2%73
- Wy YungTop language — Italian2%45
- NewmerellaTop language — German2%9
- Wuk WukTop language — Thai2%7
- Newlands ArmTop language — Afrikaans2%13
- Raymond IslandTop language — German2%10
- BuchanTop language — Spanish2%6
- MetungTop language — Greek1%27
- WairewaTop language — Dutch1%3
- Lake Tyers BeachTop language — German1%12
- OmeoTop language — Vietnamese1%4
- MarloTop language — Catalan1%4
- Toorloo Arm0%0
- Johnsonville0%0
- Swifts Creek0%0
- Bendoc0%0
- Wiseleigh0%0
- Bemm River0%0
- Benambra0%0
- Clifton Creek0%0
- Cann River0%0
- 44 suburbs in East Gippsland. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
East Gippsland 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
- East Gippsland
- 3.1%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
3.1% of East Gippsland 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. 3.1% is 1,501 residents as a share of all 48,154 of us. A further 3,664 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 10.7%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 3.4%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for East Gippsland, 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 East Gippsland 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.
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