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Mitcham, Whitehorse

The languages of Mitcham

The 2021 Census found Chinese spoken at home by about 2,600 people in Mitcham, well ahead of any other language. Italian comes next. Whitehorse has a higher share than Mitcham. For the wider picture, Whitehorse has a page of its own.

Residents
16,587
Speak another language
30.8%+17.5%
Languages spoken
66
Born overseas
32.0%

How large is Mitcham's Chinese-speaking community?

Chinese at home

15%

Mandarin is the larger variety here.

What's spoken in Mitcham besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,767+34.7%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    754+10.6%
  3. 03
    Italian
    204-9.3%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    196+29.8%
  5. 05
    Hindi
    183+45.2%
  6. 06
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    167+12.1%
  7. 07
    Punjabi
    161+46.4%
  8. 08
    Korean
    140+41.4%
  9. 09
    Greek
    132+11.9%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    98+24.1%

Is Mitcham more multilingual than Victoria?

Mitcham's share is above Victoria, at 1.2 times the rate.

Mitcham (Vic.)
30.8%
Whitehorse
40.2%
Victoria
26.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Where were Mitcham's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 32 per cent of residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,331+22.2%
  2. 02
    India
    612+27.2%
  3. 03
    England
    389-12.0%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    365+27.6%
  5. 05
    Vietnam
    207+21.1%
  6. 06
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    204+9.1%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    189-18.2%
  8. 08
    Iran
    160+7.4%
  9. 09
    Italy
    149+3.5%
  10. 10
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    120+55.8%

What's Mitcham's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    7,777+26.3%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    6,653-9.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    567+1.1%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    533+46.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    253+17.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    20+66.7%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Mitcham (Vic.) is part of Whitehorse, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.