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Nillumbik, Victoria

Languages spoken in Nillumbik

Most of Nillumbik speaks English at home, but about 4,500 people don't, the 2021 Census shows, and Italian leads among them. The top two are neck and neck. The share in the City of Melbourne is at least twice Nillumbik's.

Residents
58,737
Speak another language
4,527
Languages at home
82
Change since 2016
+11.9%

Which communities in Nillumbik are largest?

The three biggest groups are below, with their speaker counts.

Italian

636 speakers

Used at home by one in 90 residents.

Mandarin

539 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Greek

415 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.7 per cent of residents.

What are the five most spoken languages other than English in Nillumbik?

Persian (excluding Dari) is the one moving fastest: it has more than doubled since 2016.

Top five by speakers at home, each with its movement on 2016. Show more to see the rest.

  1. 01
    Italian
    636-24.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    539+30.8%
  3. 03
    Greek
    415+4.0%
  4. 04
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    259+149%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    202+46.4%

How does Nillumbik's share measure up to Victoria?

Across Victoria, the share speaking another language is more than double. Nillumbik ranks 34th in Victoria, in the top half.

Nillumbik
7.7%
Victoria
26.6%
City of Melbourne
45.0%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

Nillumbik's place on the diversity index.

How does the share change across Nillumbik's suburbs?

Plenty tops the list, but the spread across 19 suburbs is narrow.

Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.

Where were Nillumbik's residents born?

After Australia, most residents born overseas came from England.

Country of birth

13.1% born overseas, across 86 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    2,458-3.6%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    649+17.8%
  3. 03
    Italy
    429-5.5%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    419+54.0%
  5. 05
    India
    310+66.7%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    302+8.2%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    248-4.6%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    223+14.4%
  9. 09
    Germany
    208-18.4%
  10. 10
    Iran
    208+129%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    30,257+24.4%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    24,964-9.7%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    507+7.4%
  4. 04
    Islam
    365+137%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    279+51.6%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    61+48.8%

ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.

Blank answers matter here. 1,638 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 7.7%. Count them in and it's 10.5%; drop them from the base and it's 7.9%.

Figures for Nillumbik itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.

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