We are Victoria Park

24 per cent.

Nearly 24 in every 100 Victoria Park residents speak a language other than English at home. It is among the highest shares of any council in Western Australia.

Our population
32,566
Speak another language
7,727
Languages at home
102
Growth since last census
−1.5%

One in 4 of us speaks a language other than English at home: 7,727 people, most often Mandarin, Nepali and Italian. That is not a fringe of the community. It is a standing share of every audience anyone here is trying to reach.

In Western Australia

#10

of 137 Western Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #88 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

1,187 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 1,187 of our residents at home, 3.6% of Victoria Park.

Nepali

534 speakers

Nepali is spoken by 534 of our residents at home, 1.6% of Victoria Park.

Italian

505 speakers

Italian is spoken by 505 of our residents at home, 1.6% of Victoria Park.

The languages of Victoria Park

102 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 Victoria Park, covering 5,626 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. 01
    Mandarin
    1,187-5.6%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    534+90.0%
  3. 03
    Italian
    505-16.4%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    372-15.5%
  5. 05
    Indonesian
    340+3.0%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    3150%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    296+22.3%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    274+29.9%
  9. 09
    Korean
    253-38.4%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    239-14.6%

Fastest-growing among us

Nepali

+90.0% since last census

We share this portrait because Victoria Park is, genuinely, not an “average” council. Services designed for the median Western Australia resident arrive here in the wrong language. This almanac exists so that nobody writing policy about us — federal, state, corporate or media — can say they did not know.

Nepali grew 90.0% since the last census, to 534 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

35.5% of us were born overseas, across 120 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,735+2.8%
  2. 02
    India
    1,104-4.2%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    834+0.6%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    672+9.6%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    643-20.3%
  6. 06
    Nepal
    528+92.7%
  7. 07
    Indonesia
    391+25.7%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    374+0.5%
  9. 09
    Italy
    352-7.9%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    312+30.5%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    15,099+34.2%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    11,502-8.4%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    1,209+18.5%
  4. 04
    Islam
    1,177-3.9%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    1,169+21.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    10+42.9%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 5 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Victoria Park 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

Victoria Park
23.7%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

23.7% of Victoria Park residents speak a language other than English at home, against 17.3% for Western Australia 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. 23.7% is 7,727 residents as a share of all 32,566 of us. A further 2,049 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 30.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 25.3%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Victoria Park, 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 Victoria Park 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 Victoria Park.