Mandarin
11,559 speakers
The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Knox, Victoria
The languages of Knox
At the 2021 Census, nearly three in ten residents in Knox spoke a language other than English at home. Mandarin was the most common, followed by Cantonese. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. Knox's share sits above the national share.
- Residents
- 158,075
- Speak another language
- 43,864
- Languages at home
- 120
- Change since 2016
- +18.7%
Which languages lead in Knox?
Where does Knox land against the City of Melbourne?
The City of Melbourne sits a little above Knox. Knox is 16th among Victoria councils.
- Knox
- 27.7%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
How does Knox's language list break down?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 0111,559+43.3%
- 025,502+14.6%
- 032,676+28.1%
- 041,633-9.2%
- 051,478+13.3%
- 061,468+33.3%
- 071,402-21.0%
- 081,291+9.6%
- 091,161+3.1%
- 101,106+64.6%
How big is each language community in Knox?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Which language is growing fastest in Knox?
Fastest-growing language
Urdu
+92.8% since 2016
Urdu has grown by about three quarters since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
Which suburbs of Knox are most multilingual?
The share runs from more than two in five residents in Wantirna South to 6.2 per cent of residents in Upper Ferntree Gully.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Wantirna SouthLed by Mandarin44%8,833
- WantirnaLed by Mandarin38%5,400
- ScoresbyLed by Mandarin37%2,176
- KnoxfieldLed by Mandarin32%2,478
- RowvilleLed by Mandarin31%10,328
- Bayswater (Vic.)Led by Mandarin30%3,680
- BoroniaLed by Mandarin20%4,600
- Ferntree GullyLed by Mandarin18%4,720
- LysterfieldLed by Mandarin17%1,175
- The Basin (Vic.)Led by Mandarin6%280
- Upper Ferntree GullyLed by German6%194
- 11 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Knox's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, China leads.
Country of birth
31.1% born overseas, across 130 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)8,495+40.7%
- 02India5,173+33.1%
- 03England5,070-11.6%
- 04Malaysia3,960+23.5%
- 05Sri Lanka3,813+21.7%
- 06New Zealand1,952+4.8%
- 07Hong Kong (SAR of China)1,598+23.1%
- 08Philippines1,432+9.8%
- 09Vietnam1,359+15.5%
- 10Singapore1,032+22.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity68,181-11.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs66,604+26.1%
- 03Buddhism6,845+17.1%
- 04Hinduism5,605+39.2%
- 05Islam2,434+45.5%
- 06Judaism1150%
Where is Knox on the language map?
Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language Map.
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 31.1% for Knox. That figure treats the 5,232 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 27.7%, and 28.7% 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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