Macedon Ranges, Victoria

Languages other than English in Macedon Ranges

The 2021 Census found about 1,900 people in Macedon Ranges speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Italian is the largest group. None of those languages reaches one resident in 100. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.

Residents
51,019
Speak another language
1,852
Languages at home
66
Change since 2016
+9.8%

Which languages are heard at home in Macedon Ranges?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

Italian

215 speakers

It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.

Mandarin

155 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

German

129 speakers

The community has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.

How does Macedon Ranges compare with the City of Melbourne?

In the City of Melbourne, the share speaking another language is more than double. In the Victoria table, Macedon Ranges is 54th of 79.

Macedon Ranges
3.6%
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.

Every council ranked, Macedon Ranges included.

How even is Macedon Ranges from suburb to suburb?

Even across 24 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Gisborne South.

Every suburb here has a page of its own.

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.

Other sources sometimes quote 8.7% for Macedon Ranges. That figure treats the 2,583 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.6%, and 3.8% 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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