Southbank, Melbourne
What Southbank speaks at home
The 2021 Census found Chinese spoken at home by about 3,400 people in Southbank, well ahead of any other language. Australia as a whole has a lower share than Southbank. For the wider picture, Melbourne has a page of its own.
- Residents
- 21,775
- Speak another language
- 47.2%+24.1%
- Languages spoken
- 75
- Born overseas
- 59.4%
How large is Southbank's Chinese-speaking community?
Chinese at home
15%
Mandarin is the larger variety here.
What's spoken in Southbank besides Chinese?
- 01Mandarin2,598-9.7%
- 02Spanish1,235+133%
- 03Hindi876+103%
- 04Cantonese712+8.0%
- 05Korean468+8.6%
- 06Indonesian466-10.4%
- 07Vietnamese304+83.1%
- 08Arabic259+1.2%
- 09Persian (excluding Dari)230+121%
- 10Italian229-19.1%
Where does Southbank sit against Victoria?
Victoria has a lower share than Southbank.
- Southbank
- 47.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Where were Southbank's residents born?
India is the most common overseas birthplace.
- 01India2,125+149%
- 02China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)2,023-18.1%
- 03Colombia887+177%
- 04Malaysia822+5.1%
- 05England658+16.0%
- 06Indonesia606+7.8%
- 07New Zealand606+6.5%
- 08Korea, Republic of (South)435-12.1%
- 09Philippines348+94.4%
- 10Hong Kong (SAR of China)293+13.1%
What's Southbank's religious mix?
- 01No religion or secular beliefs10,391+32.1%
- 02Christianity6,258+22.6%
- 03Hinduism1,848+135%
- 04Buddhism1,209+14.1%
- 05Islam764+60.2%
- 06Judaism62-20.5%
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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