Greek
10,724 speakers
About 5.7 per cent of all residents.
12th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Languages spoken in Monash
The 2021 Census found one in five residents in Monash speaking Chinese at home, more than any other language after English. The next four languages combined don't reach its total. Since 2016, no sizeable language has grown faster than Nepali.
- Residents
- 189,584
- Speak another language
- 97,844
- Languages at home
- 131
- Change since 2016
- +8.7%
How large is Monash's Chinese-speaking community?
Chinese at home
20%
The Chinese-speaking community numbers about 39,000 people. That's 39 per cent of those who speak a language other than English. The census counts Mandarin, Cantonese and Min Nan separately, and Mandarin leads. In five years, the Chinese-speaking group has held steady since 2016.
How far above the City of Melbourne is Monash?
The City of Melbourne comes in under Monash's share. Monash is in the top ten of Victoria's 79 councils.
- Monash
- 51.6%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which suburbs of Monash have the largest Chinese-speaking share?
The Chinese-speaking share peaks in Glen Waverley, at nearly one in three residents.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Glen WaverleyLed by Mandarin33%13,735
- Mount WaverleyLed by Mandarin22%7,699
- ClaytonLed by Mandarin21%3,958
- Wheelers HillLed by Mandarin21%4,266
- Notting HillLed by Mandarin21%587
- AshwoodLed by Mandarin15%1,093
- ChadstoneLed by Mandarin14%1,355
- Mulgrave (Vic.)Led by Mandarin13%2,610
- Oakleigh EastLed by Greek12%796
- Oakleigh SouthLed by Greek10%976
- Huntingdale (Vic.)Led by Mandarin10%192
- OakleighLed by Greek9%718
- HughesdaleLed by Greek8%600
- The percentage is Chinese speakers in each of Monash's 13 suburbs; the smaller figure is the number of people.
Which languages come after Chinese in Monash?
The next tier is much smaller, but it's still sizeable.
How does the rest of Monash's language list look?
Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.
How big is each language community in Monash?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Where were Monash's residents born, and what do they believe?
Overseas-born residents make up 49 per cent of residents, most often from China.
Country of birth
49.0% born overseas, across 143 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)22,5620%
- 02India13,716+40.1%
- 03Sri Lanka7,464+13.7%
- 04Malaysia6,433+6.9%
- 05Greece4,664-0.8%
- 06Vietnam3,286+15.6%
- 07England3,234-7.9%
- 08Hong Kong (SAR of China)2,643+10.2%
- 09Italy2,420-9.0%
- 10New Zealand1,976-2.8%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity75,924-7.0%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs68,118+17.6%
- 03Hinduism14,430+49.7%
- 04Buddhism13,787+10.7%
- 05Islam5,261+22.5%
- 06Judaism701-6.2%
Where is Monash on the language map?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
51.6% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 7,874 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 55.8%; among respondents alone it's 53.8%.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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