Malayalam
12 speakers
Malayalam is spoken by 12 of our residents at home, 0.3% of West Wimmera.
We are West Wimmera
2 per cent.
2 in every 100 West Wimmera residents speak a language other than English at home. 75 people, in 18 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 3,910
- Speak another language
- 75
- Languages at home
- 18
- Growth since last census
- +56.3%
Most of us speak English at home. 75 of us do not, across 18 languages, most often Malayalam, Afrikaans and Bengali. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Victoria
#75
of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #456 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Afrikaans
7 speakers
Afrikaans is spoken by 7 of our residents at home, 0.2% of West Wimmera.
Bengali
7 speakers
Bengali is spoken by 7 of our residents at home, 0.2% of West Wimmera.
The languages of West Wimmera
18 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
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.
Why we publish this
1.9% 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. 75 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
4.9% of us were born overseas, across 16 countries.
- 01England69-2.8%
- 02New Zealand36+24.1%
- 03Germany17+325%
- 04Philippines17+54.5%
- 05India13-7.1%
- 06Scotland9-10.0%
- 07South Africa7
- 08Netherlands6+50.0%
- 09Fiji4
- 10Greece4
What we believe
Reported affiliation in West Wimmera at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity2,007-17.1%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,469+38.2%
- 03Islam21+200%
- 04Hinduism14+100%
- 05Buddhism3-72.7%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 9 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- EdenhopeTop language — Malayalam4%40
- HarrowTop language — Vietnamese2%7
- Miga LakeTop language — Filipino2%4
- KanivaTop language — Italian2%18
- MinimayTop language — German2%3
- GorokeTop language — Afrikaans1%3
- Apsley (Vic.)0%0
- Lillimur0%0
- Langkoop0%0
- 9 suburbs in West Wimmera. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
West Wimmera 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
- West Wimmera
- 1.9%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
1.9% of West Wimmera 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. 1.9% is 75 residents as a share of all 3,910 of us. A further 309 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 9.8%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.1%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for West Wimmera, 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 West Wimmera 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 West Wimmera.