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Languages spoken in The Basin (Vic.)

6.5% of The Basin (Vic.) residents speak a language other than English at home, across 32 languages (ABS Census 2021).

4,324

Residents

6.5%

+14.8%

Speak a language other than English

32

Languages spoken

14.3%

+12.0%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    54+157%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese
    32+220%
  3. 03
    German
    24-44.2%
  4. 04
    Italian
    22-18.5%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    10+150%
  6. 06
    Thai
    10-41.2%
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    90%
  8. 08
    Filipino
    7
  9. 09
    Japanese
    7
  10. 10
    Portuguese
    7

Where residents were born

14.3% born overseas, across 32 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    222-8.6%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    63+28.6%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    43+126%
  4. 04
    Sri Lanka
    35+150%
  5. 05
    Germany
    29-32.6%
  6. 06
    Netherlands
    25-35.9%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    22-15.4%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    19+171%
  9. 09
    India
    17+88.9%
  10. 10
    Italy
    13+62.5%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in The Basin (Vic.) at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,456+23.9%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,559-14.0%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    41+51.9%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    17-15.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    7+133%

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