Mandarin
8,358 speakers
About 5.9 per cent of all residents.
Glen Eira, Victoria
Languages spoken in Glen Eira
Glen Eira has no single dominant second language: three in ten residents spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Mandarin most often. Glen Eira's share is higher than the share for Victoria. Since 2016, no sizeable language has grown faster than Nepali.
- Residents
- 142,569
- Speak another language
- 43,329
- Languages at home
- 119
- Change since 2016
- +4.8%
Which three languages are most common in Glen Eira?
How does Glen Eira compare with the City of Melbourne?
The City of Melbourne sits a little above Glen Eira. Within Victoria, Glen Eira ranks 15th of 79.
- Glen Eira
- 30.4%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
What are the most spoken languages in Glen Eira?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
What does Glen Eira's language mix look like?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Glen Eira?
Fastest-growing language
Nepali
+99.6% since 2016
Nepali has grown by about three quarters since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
Where in Glen Eira is a language other than English most common?
Even across 13 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Glen Huntly.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Glen HuntlyLed by Hindi41%1,984
- CarnegieLed by Mandarin37%6,565
- McKinnonLed by Mandarin34%2,322
- Bentleigh EastLed by Mandarin34%10,195
- OrmondLed by Mandarin33%2,716
- MurrumbeenaLed by Mandarin31%2,963
- BentleighLed by Mandarin30%5,202
- CaulfieldLed by Russian29%1,623
- Caulfield EastLed by Mandarin28%350
- Caulfield NorthLed by Mandarin25%4,198
- Caulfield SouthLed by Russian25%3,077
- ElsternwickLed by Greek18%1,961
- GardenvaleLed by Mandarin17%173
- 13 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Glen Eira's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, China leads.
Country of birth
35.1% born overseas, across 129 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)6,791-4.0%
- 02India6,504+4.4%
- 03England3,920+4.7%
- 04South Africa3,444+10.6%
- 05New Zealand2,154+7.0%
- 06Greece2,0290%
- 07Israel1,9910%
- 08Malaysia1,376+32.3%
- 09Ukraine1,343+4.8%
- 10Russian Federation1,158-4.8%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs54,990+25.4%
- 02Christianity46,691-4.4%
- 03Judaism23,202+8.5%
- 04Hinduism6,422+13.6%
- 05Buddhism3,098+6.0%
- 06Islam1,150+28.3%
Where is Glen Eira on the language map?
Glen Eira on the Language Map, shaded for residents who speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home (ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries). View all councils.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
Other sources sometimes quote 33.8% for Glen Eira. That figure treats the 4,885 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 30.4%, and 31.5% is the share among those who answered.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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