Punjabi
10,489 speakers
Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.
27th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Melton's languages and how they're changing
At the 2021 Census, 38 per cent of residents in Melton spoke a language other than English at home, most often Punjabi, followed by Vietnamese. That's 112 languages with a community of ten or more. Nationally, the share speaking another language is lower than in Melton.
- Residents
- 176,985
- Speak another language
- 67,212
- Languages at home
- 150
- Change since 2016
- +58.4%
How quickly are Melton's languages changing?
Since 2016, Punjabi has more than tripled. That's part of a wider rise: more than a quarter more residents speak another language at home than in 2016. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic rose even faster from a smaller base.
Who are Melton's largest language communities?
Punjabi leads, and the next two follow in order.
Vietnamese
4,543 speakers
It has grown by more than half since 2016.
Arabic
3,649 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than a quarter.
How does Melton compare with Victoria now?
Melton runs ahead of Victoria on this measure. That puts Melton in the upper half of Victoria's councils.
- Melton
- 38.0%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.
What's the full language ranking for Melton?
Speakers at home, with the change since 2016. Broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd" count towards the totals but aren't listed, so the shares can add up to more than the languages shown.
- 0110,489+297%
- 024,543+66.7%
- 033,649+48.4%
- 043,417+80.1%
- 052,944+42.2%
- 062,685+13.5%
- 072,486+166%
- 082,289-9.9%
- 092,100+43.3%
- 102,026+9.1%
Where in Melton are other languages most common?
Aintree and Ravenhall sit at opposite ends.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- AintreeLed by Punjabi64%5,055
- Burnside HeightsLed by Vietnamese59%3,718
- CobblebankLed by Punjabi55%1,984
- Thornhill ParkLed by Punjabi54%1,569
- StrathtullohLed by Punjabi53%2,115
- Burnside (Vic.)Led by Vietnamese53%3,041
- Fraser RiseLed by Punjabi50%4,522
- RockbankLed by Punjabi50%1,313
- Bonnie BrookLed by Punjabi49%492
- DeansideLed by Albanian47%33
- Taylors HillLed by Vietnamese46%6,998
- Caroline SpringsLed by Vietnamese45%10,797
- Weir ViewsLed by Punjabi43%1,815
- Hillside (Melton - Vic.)Led by Arabic34%5,834
- Brookfield (Vic.)Led by Punjabi34%3,604
- Mount CottrellLed by Arabic34%76
- GrangefieldsLed by Maltese31%47
- HarknessLed by Punjabi30%3,706
- Melton SouthLed by Punjabi30%3,291
- Diggers RestLed by Punjabi23%1,313
- Melton (Vic.)Led by Punjabi22%1,692
- KurunjangLed by Maltese21%2,191
- Melton WestLed by Punjabi20%1,720
- EynesburyLed by Spanish8%223
- Toolern ValeLed by Maltese7%63
- Ravenhall0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 26 suburbs in all.
What do birthplaces show about Melton?
The largest group born overseas comes from India.
Country of birth
33.7% born overseas, across 137 countries.
- 01India14,141+172%
- 02Philippines5,745+46.3%
- 03New Zealand3,862+36.3%
- 04Vietnam2,961+60.5%
- 05England2,505-3.1%
- 06Malta1,978+0.9%
- 07Sri Lanka1,740+44.4%
- 08Pakistan1,651+136%
- 09North Macedonia1,416
- 10Iraq1,173+224%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity86,368+11.0%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs43,631+43.8%
- 03Islam11,340+108%
- 04Hinduism9,086+147%
- 05Buddhism4,998+36.6%
- 06Judaism20-35.5%
Where does Melton 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 Melton 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: 38.0% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 12,007 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 44.8%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 40.7%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.
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