Punjabi
595 speakers
The community has more than tripled since 2016.
Moorabool, Victoria
Moorabool's multilingual community
At the 2021 Census, one in 14 residents in Moorabool spoke a language other than English at home, most often Punjabi. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. In the City of Melbourne, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 36,660
- Speak another language
- 2,541
- Languages at home
- 72
- Change since 2016
- +91.6%
Who speaks another language at home in Moorabool?
Punjabi, Maltese and Italian are the three largest.
Which languages make up most of Moorabool's multilingual community?
The quickest growth among the five is Punjabi, which has more than tripled.
The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.
How does Moorabool compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Within Victoria, Moorabool ranks 36th of 79.
- Moorabool
- 6.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which suburbs of Moorabool have the largest multilingual communities?
Even across 29 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Maddingley.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- MaddingleyLed by Punjabi15%807
- MerrimuLed by Maltese11%45
- KorweingubooraLed by Greek11%27
- Pentland HillsLed by Punjabi11%53
- Hopetoun ParkLed by Maltese7%66
- Bacchus MarshLed by Punjabi7%522
- DarleyLed by Punjabi7%623
- CoimadaiLed by Greek7%28
- ParwanLed by Tagalog7%25
- Blackwood (Vic.)Led by Greek7%26
- MyrniongLed by German5%28
- Long ForestLed by German4%15
- Gordon (Vic.)Led by Mandarin4%45
- Millbrook (Vic.)Led by Auslan4%15
- Mount EgertonLed by Spanish4%25
- BallanLed by Japanese3%105
- Spargo CreekLed by Serbian3%13
- BalliangLed by Arabic3%9
- Greendale (Vic.)Led by Auslan2%15
- ElaineLed by German2%9
- YendonLed by Japanese2%6
- NavigatorsLed by Afrikaans2%5
- Clarendon (Vic.)Led by Dutch2%4
- Bungaree (Vic.)Led by German1%6
- Lal LalLed by German1%9
- DunnstownLed by Filipino1%3
- BerembokeLed by Maltese1%4
- Dales CreekLed by Vietnamese1%3
- Bungal0%0
- 29 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
What do birthplace and religion add in Moorabool?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
12.3% born overseas, across 77 countries.
- 01England1,214+8.0%
- 02India722+357%
- 03New Zealand512+27.7%
- 04Scotland242+36.7%
- 05Malta192+15.0%
- 06Philippines132+200%
- 07Germany124-20.0%
- 08Netherlands117-2.5%
- 09Italy96+12.9%
- 10Sri Lanka85+254%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs17,070+52.0%
- 02Christianity16,078-2.9%
- 03Hinduism357+257%
- 04Islam217+393%
- 05Buddhism196+32.4%
- 06Judaism9-10.0%
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.
6.9% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 1,855 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 12.0%; among respondents alone it's 7.3%.
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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