Donvale, Manningham

Languages spoken in Donvale

In Donvale, about 4,100 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Manningham. The census lists 58 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
12,284
Speak another language
33.1%+16.7%
Languages spoken
58
Born overseas
34.3%

How far does Chinese lead in Donvale?

Chinese at home

17%

The census counts Mandarin, Cantonese and Min Nan separately; together they make up the Chinese-speaking community.

Which other languages are spoken in Donvale?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,082+40.7%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    949+24.7%
  3. 03
    Greek
    350+2.6%
  4. 04
    Italian
    297-24.2%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    241+49.7%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    194+32.0%
  7. 07
    Korean
    87+22.5%
  8. 08
    Hindi
    74+1.4%
  9. 09
    Punjabi
    60+13.2%
  10. 10
    Urdu
    53+130%

How does Donvale compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is 1.6 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Donvale
33.1%
Manningham
45.6%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Which countries are Donvale's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up just over one in three residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    947+40.5%
  2. 02
    Malaysia
    384+3.8%
  3. 03
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    379+48.6%
  4. 04
    England
    298-11.3%
  5. 05
    India
    229+26.5%
  6. 06
    Iran
    227+70.7%
  7. 07
    Italy
    199-8.7%
  8. 08
    Greece
    119+7.2%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    117-31.6%
  10. 10
    New Zealand
    116-1.7%

What religions are reported in Donvale?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    6,298-7.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,495+24.4%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    353+16.9%
  4. 04
    Islam
    310+95.0%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    205+34.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    18+28.6%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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