Greek
6,935 speakers
That's one in 18 residents.
17th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Languages spoken in Manningham
Chinese is the language Manningham hears most after English: the 2021 Census counted about 28,000 people speaking it at home. On the national diversity index, Manningham is number 17. The list runs to 72 languages with ten or more speakers each.
- Residents
- 123,230
- Speak another language
- 56,182
- Languages at home
- 108
- Change since 2016
- +17.6%
How far ahead of other languages is Chinese in Manningham?
Chinese at home
23%
Chinese (mostly Mandarin and Cantonese) is spoken at home by 23 per cent of residents. Among residents who use a language other than English, Chinese is the language of just over one in two of them. Mandarin is the larger part, with Cantonese next. The Chinese speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
How does Manningham compare with the City of Melbourne?
In the City of Melbourne, the share is much the same as in Manningham. In Victoria, Manningham is in 6th place.
- Manningham
- 45.6%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
Which suburbs of Manningham have the largest Chinese-speaking share?
Chinese is most concentrated in Doncaster East, where it's spoken by one in three residents.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Doncaster EastLed by Mandarin33%10,296
- DoncasterLed by Mandarin33%8,056
- TemplestoweLed by Mandarin20%3,411
- Templestowe LowerLed by Mandarin17%2,427
- DonvaleLed by Mandarin17%2,083
- BulleenLed by Greek16%1,780
- WarrandyteLed by Mandarin4%217
- Warrandyte SouthLed by Mandarin3%22
- Park OrchardsLed by Mandarin3%108
- Wonga ParkLed by Mandarin2%60
- 10 suburbs in Manningham, ordered by the share of residents who speak Chinese at home. The figure beneath is how many people that is.
Which other communities are large in Manningham?
Behind the largest community, three more stand out.
Italian
3,833 speakers
Used at home by one in 30 residents.
Persian (excluding Dari)
3,265 speakers
The community has grown by more than half since 2016.
How does the rest of Manningham's language list look?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 0117,318+39.1%
- 0210,545+12.3%
- 036,9350%
- 043,833-21.8%
- 053,265+51.6%
- 062,352+33.3%
- 071,070+24.0%
- 08999+33.4%
- 09781+14.3%
- 10617+68.6%
How big is each language community in Manningham?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Where were Manningham's residents born, and what do they believe?
Birthplace follows language: about 52,000 people were born outside Australia.
Country of birth
41.8% born overseas, across 124 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)13,946+28.6%
- 02Malaysia4,672+22.1%
- 03Hong Kong (SAR of China)3,723+23.7%
- 04Iran2,980+59.3%
- 05Greece2,899+3.3%
- 06Italy2,841-11.6%
- 07England2,432-5.0%
- 08India2,377+41.0%
- 09Vietnam1,117+12.6%
- 10New Zealand1,108+11.8%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity58,281-4.3%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs46,647+29.1%
- 03Buddhism5,428+16.7%
- 04Islam4,204+63.3%
- 05Hinduism2,352+35.3%
- 06Judaism284-4.7%
Where is Manningham on the language map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Manningham with its neighbours on the full map.
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.
The headline 45.6% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 3,783 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 48.7%, while measuring only those who answered gives 47.0%.
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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