We are Loddon

3 per cent.

3 in every 100 Loddon residents speak a language other than English at home. 186 people, in 19 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
7,238
Speak another language
186
Languages at home
19
Growth since last census
+27.4%

Most of us speak English at home. 186 of us do not, across 19 languages, most often Filipino, Tagalog and Malayalam. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Victoria

#64

of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #392 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Filipino

54 speakers

Filipino is spoken by 54 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Loddon.

Tagalog

34 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 34 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Loddon.

Malayalam

20 speakers

Malayalam is spoken by 20 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Loddon.

The languages of Loddon

19 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
The 16 most spoken languages in Loddon, covering 186 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

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.

  1. 01
    Filipino
    54+63.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    34+41.7%
  3. 03
    Malayalam
    20+122%
  4. 04
    Bisaya
    14+100%
  5. 05
    Italian
    13+333%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    8
  7. 07
    Greek
    7-30.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    7
  9. 09
    German
    4-60.0%
  10. 10
    Auslan
    4

Why we publish this

2.6% of us

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. 186 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.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

6.8% of us were born overseas, across 21 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    165+1.9%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    105+66.7%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    61-6.2%
  4. 04
    Netherlands
    31+10.7%
  5. 05
    India
    24+33.3%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    22+214%
  7. 07
    Germany
    17-32.0%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    100%
  9. 09
    Thailand
    9
  10. 10
    Scotland
    8-55.6%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Loddon at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,312-15.5%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,942+44.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    31-36.7%
  4. 04
    Islam
    16+300%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    9-35.7%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 14 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Loddon 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

Loddon
2.6%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

2.6% of Loddon 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. 2.6% is 186 residents as a share of all 7,238 of us. A further 790 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 13.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.9%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Loddon, 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 Loddon 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 Loddon.