Lalor, Whittlesea
What Lalor speaks at home
The 2021 Census counted 62 per cent of residents in Lalor speaking another language at home, across 84 languages led by Arabic. The share speaking another language is 1.4 times the figure for Whittlesea. Residents speak 84 languages between them.
- Residents
- 23,104
- Speak another language
- 61.6%-2.5%
- Languages spoken
- 84
- Born overseas
- 45.7%
How do Lalor's languages rank?
- 01Arabic2,482-1.8%
- 02Macedonian1,776-6.0%
- 03Vietnamese1,592+6.3%
- 04Italian1,483-18.5%
- 05Greek1,345-13.6%
- 06Punjabi812-13.1%
- 07Nepali508+384%
- 08Mandarin421+15.7%
- 09Hindi366-4.9%
- 10Turkish366-20.8%
How spread out are Lalor's languages?
Even Arabic, the biggest, reaches only one in nine residents. In all, 11 languages each reach at least one resident in 100.
Where were Lalor's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, India leads.
- 01India1,194-10.7%
- 02Italy1,097-15.4%
- 03North Macedonia1,068
- 04Vietnam1,062+6.1%
- 05Greece933-6.2%
- 06Iraq558-16.1%
- 07Lebanon4200%
- 08Nepal407+277%
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)344+3.6%
- 10Syria335+179%
Where does Lalor sit against Victoria?
The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for Victoria.
- Lalor
- 61.6%
- Whittlesea
- 44.0%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Lalor's religious mix?
- 01Christianity10,999-4.0%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs3,923+32.6%
- 03Islam3,607+9.6%
- 04Buddhism1,296+8.7%
- 05Hinduism1,287+39.7%
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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