Chart 1 Victoria: Top 30 Countries of Birth, 2016 Census
200,000
180,000 171,443 169,802 160,652 160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000 93,253 80,787
Persons 80,000 70,527 55,830
60,000 51,290 50,049 47,240
40,000 27,184 26,308 26,073 21,642 21,125 19,813 19,695 18,637 17,873 18,116 17,805 17,631 16,684 16,627 16,063 15,979 15,744 15,615 20,000 15,486 14,797
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Italy Iraq Iran India USA Malta Greece Turkey IrelandCroatia England Vietnam Malaysia Scotland Pakistan Lebanon Thailand S Korea PR China Sri Lanka Germany Indonesia Singapore Philippines Hong Kong Afghanistan New Zealand South Africa Netherlands Country of birth FYR of Macedonia
Chart 2 Victoria: Top 30 Overseas Countries of Birth by Increase in Numbers between 2011 and 2016 Census 80,000
70,000 66,756
60,000 58,015
50,000
40,000
30,000 Persons, increase 20,000 13,288 13,019 12,490 11,938 11,839 10,259 9,181 10,000 8,171 5,842 5,366 5,212 5,081 4,605 4,214 3,438 2,850 2,737 2,713 2,496 2,400 2,367 2,231 2,177 1,879 1,813 1,695 1,632 1,623 0
Iran Iraq USA India Nepal Brazil Taiwan Samoa Japan VietnamPakistan Malaysia Thailand Ethiopia PR China Sri Lanka Myanmar ColombiaIndonesiaSingaporeCambodia Philippines Afghanistan Hong Kong Bangladesh New Zealand South Korea South Africa South SudanSaudi Arabia Country of birth
Chart 3 Victoria: Top 30 Local Government Areas, Number of Overseas-Born, 2016 Census 140,000
120,000 114,422
100,000 93,001 90,248 89,590 87,766
80,000 75,797 70,535 70,138 62,353
60,000 55,227 51,747 51,744 48,848 47,252 46,510 46,376 40,613 40,000 37,981 32,732 32,988 32,265 31,877 28,846 28,609 27,624 27,099 25,599 25,138 24,830 24,419 Persons, overseas-born 20,000
0
Knox (C) Yarra (C) Casey (C) Hume (C) Melton (C) Monash (C) Darebin (C) Banyule (C) Bayside (C) Brimbank (C) MorelandGlen (C) Eira (C) Kingston (C) Wyndham (C) Melbourne (C) Whittlesea (C) Port PhillipFrankston (C) (C) Whitehorse (C) Boroondara (C) Stonnington (C) Maroondah (C) Manningham (C) Maribyrnong (C) Hobsons Bay (C) Gter Geelong (C) Moonee Valley (C) Yarra Ranges (S) Gter Dandenong (C) Mornington Pen (S) Local Government Area
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 29 Chart 4 Victoria: Top 30 Local Government Areas, Overseas-born as Percentage of LGA population, 2016 Census
70
60 57.7 55.7 49.1
50 47.9 41.6 40.1 39.9
40 38.5 38.2 36.7 35.7 35.5 34.0 33.3 31.6 31.5 31.2 30.9 30.5 30.2 30.0 29.0
30 27.7 25.6 23.5 23.2 21.5 19.0
20 17.8 16.3
10 Overseas-born as % of LGA pop Overseas-born as % of LGA
0
Knox (C) Yarra (C) Casey (C) Hume (C) Melton (C) Monash (C) Darebin (C) BaysideBanyule (C) (C) Brimbank (C) Glen Eira (C) Moreland (C) Kingston (C) Cardinia (S) Melbourne (C) Wyndham (C) Whittlesea (C) Port Phillip (C) Frankston (C) Whitehorse (C) Stonnington (C)Boroondara (C) Maroondah (C) MaribyrnongManningham (C) (C) Hobsons Bay (C) Moonee Valley (C) Yarra Ranges (S) Gter Dandenong (C) Mornington Pen (S) Local Government Area
Chart 5 Victoria: Top 30 Local Government Areas, Percentage of Australia-born with at least One Parent Born in a Non-Main English-speaking Country, 2016 Census 70 60.5
60 58.0
50 42.5 40.7
40 37.5 36.7 36.7 36.1 35.6 34.4 32.8 32.6 30.8 30.3 30 29.2 25.7 25.0 23.9 23.9 Percentage 22.7 22.7 21.9 21.8 21.6
20 18.0 16.0 15.6 14.9 14.4 12.4
10
0
Yarra (C)Knox (C) Hume (C) Melton (C) Casey (C) Monash (C) Darebin (C) Banyule (C) Bayside (C) Brimbank (C) Moreland (C) Glen Eira (C) Kingston (C) NillumbikCardinia (S) (S) Whittlesea (C) Wyndham (C) Melbourne (C) Port Phillip (C) Frankston (C) Whitehorse (C)Boroondara (C) Stonnington (C)Maroondah (C) Manningham (C)Maribyrnong (C) Hobsons Bay (C) Moonee Valley (C) Yarra Ranges (S) Gter Dandenong (C) Local Government Area
Chart 6 Victoria: Top 30 Ancestries, Total Responses, 2016 Census
2,000,000
1,800,000 1,769,211 1,653,293 1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000 597,255 Total responses Total 600,000 492,284 370,638 400,000 352,705 209,255 201,847 170,446
200,000 108,142 97,689 73,872 68,318 58,589 56,552 46,333 43,581 43,135 39,565 37,625 32,788 29,287 27,006 24,704 23,541 23,091 21,917 20,966 20,899 20,464 0
Irish Italian Indian Greek Dutch Polish Welsh Maori English MalteseFilipino Turkish French Serbian Afghan ScottishChinese German Croatian SpanishRussian Pakistani Australian Lebanese Hungarian Vietnamese Sri Lankan Macedonian South African New Zealander Ancestry
30 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Chart 7 Victoria: Top 30 Languages other than English (LOTE) Spoken at Home, 2016 Census
200,000 191,793
180,000
160,000
140,000 112,272
120,000 110,707 103,430 100,000 79,589 78,079
Persons 80,000 56,171
60,000 51,241 37,423 35,494
40,000 31,832 29,487 25,662 23,205 23,054 20,504 19,714 19,313 17,777 17,685 17,057 16,950 16,898 16,782 16,434 15,519 15,175 15,059 14,720 20,000 13,158
0
Hindi Tamil Urdu Italian Greek Arabic Polish Khmer Punjabi Turkish Tagalog FrenchFilipino Serbian Maltese Korean Gujarati Telugu Mandarin Spanish CroatianGerman Russian Cantonese Sinhalese Malayalam Vietnamese Macedonian Indonesian Language other than English Persian (excl Dari)
Chart 8 Victoria: Top 30 Local Government Areas, Number of LOTE Speakers, 2016 Census
125,000 113,457 107,272
100,000 98,023 91,552 89,171 88,555 86,978
75,000 65,445 62,038 59,511 54,334 49,408 Persons
50,000 45,581 44,372 43,583 39,352 38,825 34,714 34,445 26,429 25,766 24,807 24,070
25,000 20,762 19,320 18,727 15,246 14,225 10,708 10,570
0
Knox (C) Yarra (C) Casey (C) Hume (C) Melton (C) Monash (C) Darebin (C) Banyule (C) Bayside (C) Brimbank (C) Moreland (C) Glen Eira (C) Kingston (C) Cardinia (S) Wyndham (C) WhittleseaMelbourne (C) (C) Port Phillip (C) Frankston (C) Whitehorse (C) Boroondara (C) Stonnington (C) Maroondah (C) Manningham (C) Maribyrnong (C)Hobsons Bay (C) Moonee Valley (C) Gter Geelong (C) Yarra Ranges (S) Gter Dandenong (C) Local Government Area
Chart 9 Victoria: Top 30 Local Government Areas, LOTE Speakers as Percentage of LGA Population, 2016 Census 70 64.5
60 58.4 50.1
50 48.1 44.9 44.0 42.5 41.9 41.1 38.2
40 37.0 36.7 35.8 32.2 31.5 29.8 29.0
30 27.3 26.0 25.2 Percentage 23.2 22.3 21.7 20.6
20 17.0 14.7 14.7 11.5 11.4 11.2 10
0
Knox (C) Yarra (C) Hume (C) Casey Melton(C) (C) Monash (C) Darebin (C) Banyule (C) Bayside (C) Brimbank (C) Moreland (C) Glen Eira (C) Kingston (C) Cardinia (S) Melbourne (C) Whittlesea (C) Wyndham (C) Port Phillip (C) Frankston (C) Whitehorse (C) Boroondara (C) Stonnington (C) Maroondah (C) Swan Hill (RC) ManninghamMaribyrnong (C) (C) Hobsons Bay (C) Moonee Valley (C) Gter Dandenong (C) Gter Shepparton (C) Local Government Area
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 31 Chart 10 Victoria: Top 30 Local Government Areas, Number of LOTE Speakers with Low English Proficiency, 2016 Census Areas 30,000 25,985 25,543 25,000
20,000 16,303 15,975 15,254 15,000 14,783 12,439 12,217 Persons 10,770 10,335 9,322
10,000 8,783 7,578 6,786 6,493 5,937 5,819 5,464 5,339 4,450 4,335 4,074 3,896
5,000 3,683 3,291 2,563 2,081 1,823 1,714 1,544
0
Knox (C) Yarra (C) Casey (C)Hume (C) Melton (C) Monash (C) Darebin (C) Banyule (C) Bayside (C) Brimbank (C) Moreland (C) Kingston (C) Glen Eira (C) WhittleseaWyndham (C) (C) Melbourne (C) Port Phillip (C) Frankston (C) Whitehorse (C) Boroondara (C) Maroondah (C) Stonnington (C) ManninghamMaribyrnong (C) (C) Hobsons Bay (C) Moonee Valley (C) Gter Geelong (C) Yarra Ranges (S) Gter Dandenong (C) Gter Shepparton (C) Local Government Area
Chart 11 Victoria: Top 30 Religions, 2016 Census
1,600,000
1,400,000 1,366,058
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000 Persons
600,000 530,676
400,000 204,105 197,030 181,938 162,943 146,441
200,000 134,939 114,441 77,469 48,584 52,762 42,257 27,902 19,609 14,630 11,796 11,499 10,605 10,284 9,563 8,199 7,944 7,766 7,495 3,743 6,874 5,810 5,190 3,323 0
Islam Baptist Sikhism Judaism Atheism Brethren Buddhism Hinduism Lutheran Paganism Christian, nfd Presbyterian Agnosticism Uniting Church 7-day AdventistSalvation Army WesternAnglican Catholic Church Greek Orthodox Pentecostal, nfd Serbian Orthodox Russian OrthodoxChaldean Catholic Ch of Jesus Christ Churches of ChristOth Protestant,Oth nfd Spiritual Beliefs MacedonianJehovah’s Orthodox Witnesses Religion Coptic Orthodox Church
Chart 12 Victoria: Religions by Increase in Numbers between 2011 and 2016 Census 60,000 51,802 50,000 46,923 44,251
40,000
30,000 23,319
20,000 Persons, increase 13,301 10,039 10,000 2,006 1,652 1,232 1,154 1,031 790 617 615 540 493 414 335 320 301 285 234 229 100 92 74 72 57 54 95 0
Islam Taoism Baha'i Shinto Sikhism Brethren Jainism Hinduism Buddhism Christian, nfd Catholic, nec Coptic OrthSyrian Ch Orth Ch Pentecostal, nfd Antiochian Orth7-day Adventist Zoroastrianism EthiopianAssyrian Orth Ch Church Ethnic Evang Ch Oriental Orth, nec ChaldeanOth Catholic Protestant, nfd Ch of Jesus Christ Int'l Network of Ch AssyrianArmenian Apost, nfd ApostolicUnited Pentecostal Nature Religions,Indep nfd Evangelical Ch Religion
32 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 1 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Number of Persons Born Overseas by Local Government Areas: 2016 and 2011 Census
i) 2016 Census – Persons born overseas
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
ii) 2011 Census – Persons born overseas
iii) Persons born overseas, percentage change between 2011 and 2016
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 33 Figure 2 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Persons who Speak a Language other than English at Home by Local Government Areas: 2016 and 2011 Census
i) 2016 Census – Persons who speak a language other than English
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
ii) 2011 Census – Persons who speak a language other than English
iii) Persons who speak a language other than English, percentage change between 2011 and 2016
34 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 3 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Overseas-born (Birthplace Regions) by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
i) Oceania and Antarctica
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
ii) North West Europe
iii) Southern and Eastern Europe
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 35 Figure 3 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Overseas-born (Birthplace Regions) by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
iv) North Africa and the Middle East
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
v) South-East Asia
vi) North-East Asia
36 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 3 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Overseas-born (Birthplace Regions) by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
vii) Southern and Central Asia
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
viii) The Americas
RAC regions
0 100
km
ix) Sub-Saharan Africa
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 37 Figure 4 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Overseas Countries of Birth by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
i) England
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
ii) India
RAC regions
0 100
km
iii) China
RAC regions
0 100
km
38 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 4 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Overseas Countries of Birth by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
iv) New Zealand
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
v) Vietnam
RAC regions
0 100
km
vi) Italy
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 39 Figure 4 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Overseas Countries of Birth by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
vii) Sri Lanka
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
viii) Philippines
RAC regions
0 100
km
ix) Malaysia
RAC regions
0 100
km
40 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 4 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Overseas Countries of Birth by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
x) Greece
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
xi) South Africa
RAC regions
0 100
km
vi) Germany
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 41 Figure 5 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Ancestries, Total Responses, by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
i) English
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
ii) Australian
RAC regions
0 100
km
iii) Irish
RAC regions
0 100
km
42 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 5 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Ancestries, Total Responses, by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
iv) Scottish
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
v) Chinese
RAC regions
0 100
km
vi) Italian
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 43 Figure 5 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Ancestries, Total Responses, by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
vii) Indian
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
viii) German
RAC regions
0 100
km
ix) Greek
RAC regions
0 100
km
44 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 5 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Ancestries, Total Responses, by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
x) Vietnamese
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
xi) Dutch
RAC regions
0 100
km
xii) Maltese
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 45 Figure 6 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Persons Speaking Top Twelve Languages other than English by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
i) Mandarin
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
ii) Italian
RAC regions
0 100
km
iii) Greek
RAC regions
0 100
km
46 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 6 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Persons Speaking Top Twelve Languages other than English by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
iv) Vietnamese
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
v) Arabic
RAC regions
0 100
km
vi) Cantonese
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 47 Figure 6 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Persons Speaking Top Twelve Languages other than English by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
vii) Punjabi
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
viii) Hindi
RAC regions
0 100
km
ix) Sinhalese
RAC regions
0 100
km
48 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 6 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Persons Speaking Top Twelve Languages other than English by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
x) Spanish
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
xi) Turkish
RAC regions
0 100
km
xii) Macedonian
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 49 Figure 7 Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Religions by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
i) Western Catholic
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
ii) Anglican Church of Australia
RAC regions
0 100
km
iii) Uniting Church
RAC regions
0 100
km
50 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 7 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Religions by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
iv) Islam
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
v) Buddhism
RAC regions
0 100
km
vi) Greek Orthodox
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 51 Figure 7 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Religions by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
vii) Christian not further defined
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
viii) Hinduism
RAC regions
0 100
km
ix) Presbyterian
RAC regions
0 100
km
52 Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census Figure 7 (continued) Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria, Top Twelve Religions by Local Government Areas: 2016 Census
x) Baptist
Metropolitan Melbourne LGAs Regional Victoria LGAs
RAC regions
0 100
km
xi) Sikhism
RAC regions
0 100
km
xii) Pentecostal, not further defined
RAC regions
0 100
km
Population Diversity in Victoria: 2016 Census 53