Melton West, Melton

What Melton West speaks at home

The 2021 Census found about 1,700 people in Melton West, part of Melton, speaking a language other than English at home. Melton has a higher share than Melton West. For the wider picture, Melton has a page of its own.

Residents
8,508
Speak another language
20.2%+33.4%
Languages spoken
65
Born overseas
24.3%

What languages are spoken in Melton West?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Punjabi
    170+162%
  2. 02
    Maltese
    86+8.9%
  3. 03
    Samoan
    85+30.8%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    81+58.8%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    76+7.0%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    72-7.7%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    68+33.3%
  8. 08
    Bengali
    63+200%
  9. 09
    Dinka
    60-17.8%
  10. 10
    Nepali
    58+45.0%

Where were Melton West's residents born?

India is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    India
    294+68.0%
  2. 02
    England
    266-10.4%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    2110%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    126+34.0%
  5. 05
    Malta
    94-3.1%
  6. 06
    Vietnam
    55+66.7%
  7. 07
    Pakistan
    52+189%
  8. 08
    Samoa
    51+155%
  9. 09
    Myanmar
    49+277%
  10. 10
    Bangladesh
    46+156%

Is Melton West more multilingual than Victoria?

Victoria has a higher share than Melton West.

Melton West
20.2%
Melton
38.0%
Victoria
26.6%

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

What's Melton West's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,963-18.2%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,086+21.8%
  3. 03
    Islam
    327+121%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    243+46.4%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    135+50.0%

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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Melton West is part of Melton, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.