We are Yarra Ranges

7 per cent.

7 in every 100 Yarra Ranges residents speak a language other than English at home. 11k people, in 108 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
154,673
Speak another language
11,047
Languages at home
108
Growth since last census
+21.2%

Most of us speak English at home. 11k of us do not, across 108 languages, most often Mandarin, Chin Haka and Italian. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Victoria

#35

of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #201 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

1,160 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 1,160 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Yarra Ranges.

Chin Haka

1,124 speakers

Chin Haka is spoken by 1,124 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Yarra Ranges.

Italian

1,108 speakers

Italian is spoken by 1,108 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Yarra Ranges.

The languages of Yarra Ranges

108 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 Yarra Ranges, covering 7,692 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
    1,160+46.8%
  2. 02
    Chin Haka
    1,124+74.8%
  3. 03
    Italian
    1,108-13.7%
  4. 04
    German
    581-25.2%
  5. 05
    Dutch
    409-37.6%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    365+56.7%
  7. 07
    Greek
    346+27.7%
  8. 08
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    328+204%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    294+11.4%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    291+64.4%

Fastest-growing among us

Chin Haka

+74.8% since last census

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. 11k 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.

Chin Haka grew 74.8% since the last census, to 1,124 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

14.9% of us were born overseas, across 118 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    7,660-5.3%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    1,782-1.7%
  3. 03
    Netherlands
    1,301-15.2%
  4. 04
    Myanmar
    1,292+71.8%
  5. 05
    India
    1,097+59.7%
  6. 06
    Germany
    966-2.2%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    939+53.7%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    802+25.5%
  9. 09
    Italy
    742-4.6%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    727-4.5%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Yarra Ranges at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    84,132+30.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    59,040-13.9%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    1,561+9.1%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    737+53.5%
  5. 05
    Islam
    397+51.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    177+34.1%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 53 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Yarra Ranges 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

Yarra Ranges
7.1%
Victoria
26.6%
Australia
21.3%

7.1% of Yarra Ranges 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. 7.1% is 11,047 residents as a share of all 154,673 of us. A further 5,754 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 10.9%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 7.4%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Yarra Ranges, 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 Yarra Ranges 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 Yarra Ranges.