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Languages spoken in Monash

51.6% of Monash residents speak a language other than English at home, across 131 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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189,584

Residents

51.6%

+8.7%

Speak a language other than English

131

Languages spoken

#31

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    28,915+9.0%
  2. 02
    Greek
    10,724-2.0%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    8,6580%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese
    5,596+19.5%
  5. 05
    Hindi
    4,315+40.8%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    3,528+18.8%
  7. 07
    Tamil
    3,197+20.2%
  8. 08
    Italian
    3,160-19.0%
  9. 09
    Korean
    2,194-8.6%
  10. 10
    Punjabi
    1,897+24.6%

131 languages recorded in Monash(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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