Italian
243 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Moira, Victoria
Which languages are spoken in Moira?
The 2021 Census found about 1,300 people in Moira speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Italian is the largest group. Only a small margin separates Mandarin from the leader. Moira's share is well under the share for Victoria.
- Residents
- 30,210
- Speak another language
- 1,293
- Languages at home
- 59
- Change since 2016
- +17.2%
Which languages are heard at home in Moira?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Italian, Mandarin and Punjabi.
How far is Moira from the City of Melbourne on languages?
In the City of Melbourne, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among Victoria councils, Moira ranks 47th.
- Moira
- 4.3%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
How even is Moira from suburb to suburb?
No suburb stands far apart; Cobram is highest and Tungamah lowest.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- CobramLed by Italian12%737
- BurramineLed by Malay8%33
- Cobram EastLed by Fijian5%12
- YielimaLed by Lao5%16
- KotupnaLed by French5%8
- PicolaLed by Spanish5%15
- KatungaLed by Mandarin5%58
- BeariiLed by Serbian4%7
- KatamatiteLed by Karen4%19
- StrathmertonLed by Afrikaans3%30
- WunghnuLed by Tamil3%6
- Invergordon (Vic.)Led by Mandarin2%15
- Yarrawonga (Vic.)Led by Cantonese2%194
- WaggarandallLed by Greek2%6
- YarroweyahLed by Malayalam2%11
- NumurkahLed by Dutch2%89
- KoonoomooLed by Mandarin1%3
- MarungiLed by Auslan1%4
- NathaliaLed by Tagalog1%21
- WilbyLed by Greek1%3
- BundalongLed by German1%6
- Tungamah0%0
- Waaia0%0
- Barmah0%0
- Kaarimba0%0
- 25 suburbs in Moira. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
The headline 4.3% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 2,221 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 11.6%, while measuring only those who answered gives 4.6%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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