Mandarin
5,367 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by more than half since 2016.
Maroondah, Victoria
The languages of Maroondah
According to the 2021 Census, Mandarin and Cantonese lead the languages spoken at home in Maroondah, where 19 per cent of residents use one other than English. Of the top five, Mandarin has grown by more than half since 2016. Maroondah's share trails the national share.
- Residents
- 111,258
- Speak another language
- 20,749
- Languages at home
- 108
- Change since 2016
- +21.9%
Which languages lead in Maroondah?
Where does Maroondah land against Victoria?
Victoria sits a little above Maroondah. Maroondah ranks 24th in Victoria, in the top half.
- Maroondah
- 18.6%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
What are the most spoken languages in Maroondah?
Ranked by speakers, with the movement since the previous census. Unnamed ABS categories ("Chinese, nfd" and the like) are left off the list but kept in the totals.
- 015,367+50.4%
- 021,877+38.2%
- 031,015-10.6%
- 04745+26.1%
- 05739+43.2%
- 06612-21.8%
- 07575+6.1%
- 08537-2.5%
- 09526+28.6%
- 10505+26.9%
What does Maroondah's language mix look like?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Which community in Maroondah grew most since 2016?
Fastest-growing language
Korean
+69.7% since 2016
It started from at least 150 speakers in 2016, so the rise isn't a small-number effect.
Where in Maroondah is a language other than English most common?
Across only 11 suburbs, the shares are fairly even, with Ringwood highest.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- Ringwood (Vic.)Led by Mandarin30%5,405
- Ringwood EastLed by Mandarin23%2,529
- Bayswater NorthLed by Mandarin19%1,671
- Croydon (Vic.)Led by Mandarin18%5,000
- Ringwood NorthLed by Mandarin17%1,663
- HeathmontLed by Mandarin16%1,634
- Croydon SouthLed by Mandarin14%698
- Croydon NorthLed by Mandarin13%1,008
- Croydon HillsLed by Mandarin12%553
- WarranwoodLed by Mandarin9%407
- Kilsyth SouthLed by Mandarin6%181
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 11 suburbs in all.
What do birthplace and religion say about Maroondah?
The largest group born overseas comes from China.
Country of birth
23.2% born overseas, across 115 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)4,267+45.6%
- 02England4,103-6.5%
- 03India2,450+30.1%
- 04Myanmar1,807+4.0%
- 05Malaysia1,272+35.2%
- 06New Zealand1,272+2.7%
- 07South Africa723-2.3%
- 08Iran711+48.4%
- 09Sri Lanka704+24.4%
- 10Philippines613+26.1%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs51,665+29.8%
- 02Christianity48,688-11.1%
- 03Buddhism2,482+21.2%
- 04Hinduism2,097+56.1%
- 05Islam910+48.7%
- 06Judaism68-4.2%
Where does Maroondah sit on the map of Australia's languages?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Maroondah with its neighbours on the full map.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted: 18.6% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 3,803 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 22.1%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 19.3%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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