We are Moyne

1 per cent.

1 in every 100 Moyne residents speak a language other than English at home. 249 people, in 35 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
17,529
Speak another language
249
Languages at home
35
Growth since last census
+18.6%

Most of us speak English at home. 249 of us do not, across 35 languages, most often Filipino, Tagalog and Spanish. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Victoria

#79

of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #494 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Filipino

29 speakers

Filipino is spoken by 29 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Moyne.

Tagalog

25 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 25 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Moyne.

Spanish

23 speakers

Spanish is spoken by 23 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Moyne.

The languages of Moyne

35 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Moyne, covering 226 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 0129+81.3%
  2. 0225+38.9%
  3. 0323
  4. 0419+18.8%
  5. 0517+467%
  6. 0617-32.0%
  7. 0715-16.7%
  8. 0811+57.1%
  9. 0910+66.7%
  10. 109

Why we publish this

1.4% of us

We share this portrait because a council below the Victoria average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 249 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

6.1% of us were born overseas, across 34 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    404+8.3%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    310+5.8%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    110+74.6%
  4. 04
    Netherlands
    37-21.3%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    32+18.5%
  6. 06
    Scotland
    25+213%
  7. 07
    Ireland
    21+110%
  8. 08
    Germany
    19-17.4%
  9. 09
    United States of America
    19+90.0%
  10. 10
    India
    19+375%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Moyne at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    8,669-10.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    7,381+44.1%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    37-24.5%
  4. 04
    Islam
    12+200%
  5. 05
    Judaism
    8
  6. 06
    Hinduism
    8-11.1%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 33 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Moyne shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Moyne
1.4%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

1.4% of Moyne residents speak a language other than English at home, against 26.6% for Victoria and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

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.

How the headline share is counted. 1.4% is 249 residents as a share of all 17,529 of us. A further 1,119 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 7.8%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 1.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Moyne, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Moyne figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Moyne.