French
45 speakers
It has grown by more than half since 2016.
Mount Alexander, Victoria
Languages other than English in Mount Alexander
Only about 490 people in Mount Alexander speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. French is the one heard most. The share across Victoria is at least twice Mount Alexander's. Residents born overseas most often come from England.
- Residents
- 19,506
- Speak another language
- 485
- Languages at home
- 48
- Change since 2016
- +3.9%
What's spoken in Mount Alexander apart from English?
Small as they are, French, Spanish and Greek are the largest.
How does Mount Alexander compare with the City of Melbourne?
In the City of Melbourne, a language other than English is at least twice as common. In the Victoria table, Mount Alexander is 68th of 79.
- Mount Alexander
- 2.5%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Compare Mount Alexander with every council on the diversity index.
How even is Mount Alexander from suburb to suburb?
The share barely changes across 20 suburbs; Campbells Creek is highest.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Barkers CreekLed by Japanese5%23
- Moonlight Flat (Mount Alexander - Vic.)Led by French5%17
- Sutton GrangeLed by Greek4%15
- FryerstownLed by Japanese3%11
- MetcalfeLed by Dutch3%11
- Campbells CreekLed by Greek3%60
- McKenzie HillLed by Punjabi3%17
- ChewtonLed by Thai3%22
- CastlemaineLed by German3%204
- Elphinstone (Vic.)Led by Arabic2%9
- FaradayLed by German2%4
- HarcourtLed by French2%19
- Newstead (Vic.)Led by Greek2%17
- Maldon (Vic.)Led by French2%33
- Harcourt NorthLed by Macedonian1%5
- Taradale (Vic.)Led by Italian1%7
- BaringhupLed by Greek1%4
- Walmer (Vic.)Led by Auslan1%3
- MucklefordLed by Hindi1%4
- Strathlea0%0
- 20 suburbs in Mount Alexander. 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 2.5% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 1,922 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 12.3%, while measuring only those who answered gives 2.8%.
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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