Portland, Glenelg
The languages of Portland
Only one in 35 residents in Portland spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, with Nepali the most common. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for Glenelg.
- Residents
- 9,926
- Speak another language
- 2.7%+62.6%
- Languages spoken
- 30
- Born overseas
- 7.0%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Portland?
- 01Nepali34
- 02Tagalog20+100%
- 03Filipino17+325%
- 04Arabic14
- 05Afrikaans12+300%
- 06Hindi11+83.3%
- 07Thai110%
- 08Mandarin10-44.4%
- 09Vietnamese10+42.9%
- 10French9
How does Portland compare with Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Portland (Vic.)
- 2.7%
- Glenelg
- 2.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
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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Portland (Vic.) is part of Glenelg, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.