Vietnamese
9,952 speakers
About 12 per cent of all residents.
Maribyrnong, Victoria
The languages of Maribyrnong
At the 2021 Census, nearly two in five residents in Maribyrnong spoke a language other than English at home. Vietnamese was the most common, followed by Cantonese. Maribyrnong's share is under the share for the City of Melbourne, though not by much.
- Residents
- 83,531
- Speak another language
- 30,764
- Languages at home
- 122
- Change since 2016
- −6.0%
Which languages lead in Maribyrnong?
Where does Maribyrnong land against Australia as a whole?
Maribyrnong's share sits above the national share. Maribyrnong is 12th among Victoria councils.
- Maribyrnong
- 36.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How does Maribyrnong's language list break down?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
- 019,952+1.7%
- 022,428-0.8%
- 032,013-22.9%
- 041,612-9.6%
- 051,490+41.5%
- 061,216-15.2%
- 07957+3.5%
- 08709-8.2%
- 09658-7.5%
- 10555-34.4%
How big is each language community in Maribyrnong?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Which community in Maribyrnong grew most since 2016?
Fastest-growing language
Spanish
+41.5% since 2016
Spanish has grown by more than a quarter since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
How do Maribyrnong's suburbs compare?
The share runs from nearly two in three residents in Braybrook to 19 per cent of residents in Yarraville.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- BraybrookLed by Vietnamese64%6,071
- MaidstoneLed by Vietnamese48%4,414
- MaribyrnongLed by Vietnamese47%5,849
- FootscrayLed by Vietnamese37%6,243
- West FootscrayLed by Vietnamese31%3,530
- KingsvilleLed by Vietnamese20%784
- Seddon (Vic.)Led by Vietnamese20%1,035
- YarravilleLed by Greek19%2,838
- 8 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Maribyrnong's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, Vietnam leads.
Country of birth
35.6% born overseas, across 126 countries.
- 01Vietnam7,6600%
- 02India2,925-11.2%
- 03England1,910+15.1%
- 04New Zealand1,643+4.7%
- 05China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,609-32.5%
- 06Philippines1,204+15.2%
- 07Malaysia977+21.4%
- 08Italy740-22.6%
- 09Greece680-17.8%
- 10Colombia620+127%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs38,493+26.7%
- 02Christianity27,409-6.0%
- 03Buddhism6,8360%
- 04Islam3,339-6.7%
- 05Hinduism2,647-14.4%
- 06Judaism75+114%
Where does Maribyrnong sit on the map of Australia's languages?
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.
36.8% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 4,531 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 42.3%; among respondents alone it's 38.9%.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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