Wallan, Mitchell

Languages spoken in Wallan

Punjabi is the most common language after English in Wallan, where about 2,600 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. The share speaking another language is 1.7 times the figure for Mitchell. The census lists 62 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
14,921
Speak another language
17.5%+129%
Languages spoken
62
Born overseas
17.6%

Which languages lead in Wallan?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Punjabi
    694+778%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    177+149%
  3. 03
    Italian
    162+8.0%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    140+278%
  5. 05
    Hmong
    133+224%
  6. 06
    Turkish
    110+197%
  7. 07
    Samoan
    90+181%
  8. 08
    Macedonian
    88+23.9%
  9. 09
    Greek
    85+63.5%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    81+62.0%

Which countries are Wallan's residents from?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    712+452%
  2. 02
    England
    363+33.0%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    266+102%
  4. 04
    Italy
    101+60.3%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    92+114%
  6. 06
    Sri Lanka
    85+130%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    71+31.5%
  8. 08
    Iraq
    67+123%
  9. 09
    Malta
    59-18.1%
  10. 10
    Pakistan
    56+250%

Is Wallan more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Wallan
17.5%
Mitchell
10.6%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Wallan?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,202+81.6%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    6,172+3.6%
  3. 03
    Islam
    491+174%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    341+255%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    129+8.4%

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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