Malayalam
55 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than half.
Southern Grampians, Victoria
Languages spoken in Southern Grampians
Southern Grampians is overwhelmingly English-speaking: at the 2021 Census, about 370 people used another language at home, most often Malayalam. Every language besides English has fewer speakers than one resident in 100. Southern Grampians' share is well under the national share.
- Residents
- 16,538
- Speak another language
- 368
- Languages at home
- 41
- Change since 2016
- +8.6%
Who speaks something other than English in Southern Grampians?
Malayalam leads a short list of small communities.
How much less multilingual is Southern Grampians than Victoria?
Across Victoria, the share speaking another language is more than double. 8 councils in Victoria have a lower share.
- Southern Grampians
- 2.2%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
The full diversity index, with Southern Grampians highlighted.
Do Southern Grampians' suburbs differ much?
Hamilton leads, Penshurst trails, and the rest sit close between them.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- Hamilton (Vic.)Led by Malayalam3%323
- Melville ForestLed by German3%7
- Croxton EastLed by German2%8
- Balmoral (Vic.)Led by Hindi2%5
- KonongwootongLed by Afrikaans2%3
- ColeraineLed by Thai1%13
- Hensley ParkLed by Thai1%3
- BocharaLed by Shona1%3
- Dunkeld (Vic.)Led by Dutch1%3
- Penshurst (Vic.)0%0
- Cavendish0%0
- Byaduk North0%0
- Branxholme0%0
- Victoria Valley (Vic.)0%0
- Glenthompson0%0
- Nareen0%0
- Rocklands0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 17 suburbs listed.
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.
A note on method: 998 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 2.2% sits below the 8.3% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 2.4% measured across respondents only.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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