Clayton, Monash

Languages spoken in Clayton

At the 2021 Census, 21 per cent of residents in Clayton, a suburb of Monash, spoke Chinese at home. The next largest is Greek. The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
18,625
Speak another language
63.3%-11.0%
Languages spoken
78
Born overseas
64.5%

How many people in Clayton speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

21%

Most of these speak Mandarin, with Cantonese next.

What's spoken in Clayton besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    3,328-36.0%
  2. 02
    Greek
    865-5.5%
  3. 03
    Hindi
    670+32.9%
  4. 04
    Gujarati
    569+269%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    566-28.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    485+5.2%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese
    479+31.2%
  8. 08
    Telugu
    453+156%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese
    446+18.6%
  10. 10
    Tamil
    340+41.7%

How does Clayton compare with Victoria?

Victoria has a lower share than Clayton.

Clayton
63.3%
Australia
21.3%
Victoria
26.6%

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

Where were Clayton's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    3,127+63.3%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    2,822-43.3%
  3. 03
    Sri Lanka
    677+32.5%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    616-18.1%
  5. 05
    Greece
    503-0.8%
  6. 06
    Vietnam
    420+14.1%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    355+80.2%
  8. 08
    Indonesia
    337-39.4%
  9. 09
    Nepal
    278+227%
  10. 10
    Italy
    268-21.4%

What's Clayton's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,486-15.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    5,226-7.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    2,760+95.2%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    1,280-1.2%
  5. 05
    Islam
    923-9.2%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    45+18.4%

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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