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Frankston, Victoria

The languages of Frankston beyond English

The 2021 Census counted about 14,000 people in Frankston using a language other than English at home, and Mandarin tops that list. Greek is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. In the City of Melbourne, a language other than English is at least twice as common.

Residents
137,524
Speak another language
13,966
Languages at home
119
Change since 2016
+5.3%

What are the three biggest languages after English in Frankston?

The largest communities are small, but they're here: Mandarin, Greek and Russian.

Mandarin

1,333 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Greek

1,191 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

Russian

679 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Which five languages lead in Frankston, and how have they changed?

Mandarin leads the list today, though it didn't in 2016.

Five rows to start: the languages with the most speakers, and how each has changed since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,333+27.4%
  2. 02
    Greek
    1,191+8.6%
  3. 03
    Russian
    679+38.3%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    621+5.3%
  5. 05
    Italian
    613-23.9%

Where does Frankston sit against Australia as a whole?

The national share is more than twice as high as Frankston's. Among 79 councils in Victoria, Frankston is 33rd.

Frankston
10.2%
Australia
21.3%
City of Melbourne
45.0%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Find Frankston on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Frankston have the largest multilingual communities?

With 9 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; Sandhurst leads.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

Which countries are Frankston's overseas-born residents from?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

19.0% born overseas, across 131 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    7,195-5.0%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    3,046-4.9%
  3. 03
    India
    1,638-4.4%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    1,217+22.7%
  5. 05
    Scotland
    1,121-12.0%
  6. 06
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,051+25.3%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    859+4.9%
  8. 08
    Germany
    629-9.1%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    521-4.6%
  10. 10
    Netherlands
    489-24.1%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    70,853+33.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    53,201-15.7%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    1,6140%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    1,429+3.1%
  5. 05
    Islam
    1,142+37.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    264+57.1%

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.

10.2% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 7,113 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 15.3%; among respondents alone it's 10.7%.

Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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