Punjabi
20,957 speakers
The community has more than doubled since 2016.
15th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Languages spoken in Wyndham
Punjabi and Hindi lead the languages of Wyndham, where nearly one in two residents spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Over 100 languages clear ten speakers, 118 in all. Only 14 councils rank higher for language diversity.
- Residents
- 289,685
- Speak another language
- 142,078
- Languages at home
- 162
- Change since 2016
- +64.4%
What's changed in Wyndham since the 2016 Census?
Punjabi has more than doubled since 2016, and Hindi has grown by about three quarters. Over the same five years, the number of residents speaking any language other than English grew by more than a quarter. The steepest climb of any sizeable community belongs to Marathi.
Which languages are spoken most in Wyndham today?
Here are today's three largest language communities.
How does Wyndham's mix stack up against the City of Melbourne?
The share speaking another language is close to the share for the City of Melbourne. Wyndham is in the top ten of Victoria's 79 councils.
- Wyndham
- 49.0%
- City of Melbourne
- 45.0%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
Which languages have the most speakers in Wyndham?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
Which suburbs of Wyndham have the highest share of other languages?
The share runs from two in three residents in Truganina to 12 per cent of residents in Little River.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- TruganinaLed by Punjabi67%24,025
- TarneitLed by Punjabi64%35,635
- Williams LandingLed by Mandarin62%5,748
- Point CookLed by Mandarin51%33,431
- Manor LakesLed by Hindi51%6,376
- MambourinLed by Tamil50%147
- Wyndham ValeLed by Punjabi38%7,697
- Hoppers CrossingLed by Arabic37%13,365
- WerribeeLed by Punjabi31%15,069
- Werribee SouthLed by Italian18%425
- Little River (Vic.)Led by Arabic12%160
- Laverton North0%0
- 12 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Wyndham's residents born?
Overseas-born residents make up 46 per cent of residents, most often from India.
Country of birth
46.4% born overseas, across 161 countries.
- 01India50,676+126%
- 02New Zealand9,525+24.3%
- 03Philippines7,731+35.2%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)7,426+35.8%
- 05England4,694-5.0%
- 06Pakistan4,473+128%
- 07Sri Lanka2,877+44.5%
- 08Bangladesh2,641+75.8%
- 09Myanmar2,611+30.4%
- 10Malaysia2,584+32.9%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity104,435+4.0%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs68,695+37.2%
- 03Hinduism42,704+128%
- 04Islam29,267+84.9%
- 05Buddhism8,059+36.9%
- 06Judaism73+1.4%
Where is Wyndham on the language map?
Wyndham on the Language Map, shaded for residents who speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home (ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries). View all councils.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
49.0% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 18,209 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 55.3%; among respondents alone it's 52.3%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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