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Languages spoken in East Melbourne

11.9% of East Melbourne residents speak a language other than English at home, across 28 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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4,765

Residents

11.9%

-5.2%

Speak a language other than English

28

Languages spoken

23.9%

+5.7%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    110+32.5%
  2. 02
    Italian
    67+8.1%
  3. 03
    Greek
    64-7.2%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    57+11.8%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    37-24.5%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    31-6.1%
  7. 07
    German
    24+4.3%
  8. 08
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    21+5.0%
  9. 09
    Korean
    19+46.2%
  10. 10
    French
    18-43.8%

Where residents were born

23.9% born overseas, across 40 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    240+15.4%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    143+0.7%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    98+71.9%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    66+3.1%
  5. 05
    United States of America
    66+29.4%
  6. 06
    Ireland
    43+22.9%
  7. 07
    Italy
    31-16.2%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    30+36.4%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    300%
  10. 10
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    28+75.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in East Melbourne at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,543+18.1%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,774-4.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    57-45.7%
  4. 04
    Islam
    38+52.0%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    31-16.2%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    23+130%

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