Greek
5,996 speakers
Greek is spoken by 5,996 of our residents at home, 4.0% of Kingston (Vic.).
We are Kingston (Vic.)
24 per cent.
Nearly 24 in every 100 Kingston (Vic.) residents speak a language other than English at home. It is one of the shares that shapes Victoria.
- Our population
- 151,320
- Speak another language
- 36,188
- Languages at home
- 120
- Growth since last census
- +3.9%
One in 4 of us speaks a language other than English at home: 36k people, most often Greek, Mandarin and Russian. That is not a fringe of the community. It is a standing share of every audience anyone here is trying to reach.
In Victoria
#20
of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #85 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
5,099 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 5,099 of our residents at home, 3.4% of Kingston (Vic.).
Russian
1,887 speakers
Russian is spoken by 1,887 of our residents at home, 1.2% of Kingston (Vic.).
The languages of Kingston (Vic.)
120 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.
Fastest-growing among us
Gujarati
+114.9% since last census
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. 36k 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.
Gujarati grew 114.9% since the last census, to 606 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
28.9% of us were born overseas, across 129 countries.
- 01England6,0080%
- 02India5,288+9.8%
- 03China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)4,157+6.2%
- 04Greece2,632+2.0%
- 05New Zealand2,275-5.1%
- 06Vietnam1,469+13.3%
- 07Sri Lanka1,455+5.4%
- 08South Africa1,402+25.5%
- 09Philippines1,308+8.0%
- 10Italy1,277-6.4%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Kingston (Vic.) at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity69,118-7.3%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs63,219+33.0%
- 03Hinduism4,222+31.6%
- 04Buddhism4,134-1.4%
- 05Islam2,175+3.7%
- 06Judaism1,359+6.9%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 20 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Moorabbin AirportTop language — Mandarin83%15
- Clayton SouthTop language — Mandarin66%8,735
- ClarindaTop language — Greek55%3,976
- WaterwaysTop language — Mandarin45%1,086
- HeathertonTop language — Mandarin31%862
- MoorabbinTop language — Mandarin27%1,645
- Aspendale GardensTop language — Mandarin27%1,710
- Cheltenham (Vic.)Top language — Greek23%5,370
- Dingley VillageTop language — Greek19%1,954
- MentoneTop language — Greek18%2,398
- MordiallocTop language — Greek18%1,544
- Patterson LakesTop language — Mandarin16%1,196
- Chelsea HeightsTop language — Greek15%805
- ChelseaTop language — Greek13%1,071
- ParkdaleTop language — Greek12%1,460
- BonbeachTop language — Russian10%704
- CarrumTop language — Greek10%404
- EdithvaleTop language — Greek10%590
- AspendaleTop language — Greek9%663
- Braeside0%0
- 20 suburbs in Kingston (Vic.). Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Kingston (Vic.) 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
- Kingston (Vic.)
- 23.9%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
23.9% of Kingston (Vic.) 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. 23.9% is 36,188 residents as a share of all 151,320 of us. A further 5,274 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 27.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 24.8%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Kingston (Vic.), 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 Kingston (Vic.) 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 Kingston (Vic.).