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West Melbourne, Melbourne

Languages spoken in West Melbourne

The 2021 Census found Chinese spoken at home by about 1,400 people in West Melbourne, well ahead of any other language. Victoria has a lower share than West Melbourne. For the wider picture, Melbourne has a page of its own.

Residents
7,904
Speak another language
44.2%+66.7%
Languages spoken
52
Born overseas
52.1%

How far does Chinese lead in West Melbourne?

Chinese at home

17%

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

What's spoken in West Melbourne besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,086+97.5%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    326+188%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    262+33.0%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    198+125%
  5. 05
    Korean
    178-23.9%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    169+202%
  7. 07
    Arabic
    84+64.7%
  8. 08
    Italian
    84-21.5%
  9. 09
    Japanese
    83+16.9%
  10. 10
    Thai
    79+6.8%

How does West Melbourne compare with Australia as a whole?

West Melbourne's share is above Australia as a whole, at more than twice the rate.

West Melbourne
44.2%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

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

Where were West Melbourne's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    878+118%
  2. 02
    India
    549+104%
  3. 03
    Malaysia
    251+22.4%
  4. 04
    Colombia
    235+256%
  5. 05
    England
    203+57.4%
  6. 06
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    181-28.2%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    153+14.2%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    141+171%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    138+142%
  10. 10
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    116+61.1%

What's West Melbourne's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,323+72.4%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,777+41.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    469+111%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    431+46.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    240+53.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    19+90.0%

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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