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Languages spoken in South Melbourne

22.0% of South Melbourne residents speak a language other than English at home, across 64 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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11,387

Residents

22.0%

+2.7%

Speak a language other than English

64

Languages spoken

31.9%

+3.8%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    375-12.0%
  2. 02
    Greek
    273-8.4%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    200+72.4%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    156+10.6%
  5. 05
    Russian
    148-26.7%
  6. 06
    Italian
    133-8.9%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    92+12.2%
  8. 08
    French
    86-1.1%
  9. 09
    Korean
    86+95.5%
  10. 10
    Indonesian
    79-26.9%

Where residents were born

31.9% born overseas, across 77 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    555+4.3%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    308-3.1%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    304-9.8%
  4. 04
    India
    204+16.6%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    156-9.3%
  6. 06
    Greece
    139+6.9%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    110+26.4%
  8. 08
    Colombia
    107+269%
  9. 09
    Indonesia
    101-16.5%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    100+51.5%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in South Melbourne at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    5,839+27.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,950-3.0%
  3. 03
    Islam
    293+18.6%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    235-12.6%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    181+21.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    122-26.9%

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