National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA)
Language used at home
In the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA), 28.7881 of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
The National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA)'s language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
The National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA)'s language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | City of Whittlesea % | Number | % | City of Whittlesea % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 3,429,213 | 65.7 | 50.2 | 36500 | 3,083,959 | 69.4 | 51.1 | +345,254 |
| Non-English total | 1,502,668 | 28.8 | 45.1 | 36501 | 1,103,796 | 24.8 | 44.0 | +398,872 |
| Not stated | 287,882 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 36502 | 259,054 | 5.8 | 4.9 | +28,828 |
| Total Population | 5,219,763 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,446,809 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +772,954 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | City of Whittlesea % | Number | % | City of Whittlesea % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Punjabi | 129,899 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 36088 | 56,535 | 1.3 | 3.2 | +73,364 |
| Arabic | 123,503 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 36004 | 94,109 | 2.1 | 5.0 | +29,394 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 89,732 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 36011 | 69,476 | 1.6 | 1.0 | +20,256 |
| Hindi | 84,514 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 36016 | 60,852 | 1.4 | 1.8 | +23,662 |
| Mandarin | 82,775 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 36007 | 63,244 | 1.4 | 2.3 | +19,531 |
| Vietnamese | 51,890 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 36037 | 41,496 | 0.9 | 2.4 | +10,394 |
| Urdu | 48,027 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 36108 | 24,737 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +23,290 |
| Italian | 39,988 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 36022 | 46,285 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -6,297 |
| Spanish | 36,641 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 36034 | 32,758 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +3,883 |
| Tamil | 36,331 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 36035 | 22,976 | 0.5 | 1.1 | +13,355 |
| Sinhalese | 35,835 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 36033 | 24,983 | 0.6 | 1.0 | +10,852 |
| Gujarati | 33,623 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 36064 | 16,565 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +17,058 |
| Samoan | 33,432 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 36031 | 29,383 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +4,049 |
| Cantonese | 32,413 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 36006 | 28,730 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +3,683 |
| Assyrian/Aramaic | 29,781 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 36048 | 20,769 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +9,012 |
| Malayalam | 29,310 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 36077 | 16,489 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +12,821 |
| Turkish | 28,114 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 36036 | 24,938 | 0.6 | 0.9 | +3,176 |
| Greek | 27,795 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 36015 | 26,970 | 0.6 | 3.7 | +825 |
| Bengali | 26,707 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 36050 | 15,847 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +10,860 |
| Nepali | 26,203 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 36081 | 8,501 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +17,702 |
| Telugu | 22,278 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 36099 | 9,277 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +13,001 |
| Macedonian | 21,295 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 36026 | 20,262 | 0.5 | 5.1 | +1,033 |
| Hazaraghi | 20,672 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 36114 | 7,793 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +12,879 |
| Serbian | 19,178 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 36032 | 17,238 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +1,940 |
| Persian | 18,652 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 36019 | 12,342 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +6,310 |
| Korean | 16,400 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36025 | 11,524 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +4,876 |
| Afrikaans | 15,687 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36044 | 13,690 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +1,997 |
| Indonesian | 15,644 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36018 | 12,728 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +2,916 |
| Dari | 14,989 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36113 | 13,605 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +1,384 |
| Croatian | 14,642 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 36009 | 15,111 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -469 |
| Thai | 11,744 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36102 | 8,334 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +3,410 |
| Khmer | 11,103 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36024 | 9,326 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +1,777 |
| French | 11,063 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36013 | 11,041 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +22 |
| Maltese | 10,511 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36027 | 12,199 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -1,688 |
| Polish | 9,883 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36028 | 10,585 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -702 |
| Portuguese | 9,392 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36029 | 7,748 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +1,644 |
| German | 8,964 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36014 | 10,356 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -1,392 |
| Tongan | 8,466 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36105 | 6,635 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,831 |
| Marathi | 7,846 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36080 | 3,974 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3,872 |
| Dinka | 7,793 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36059 | 7,043 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +750 |
| Russian | 7,572 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36030 | 6,440 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +1,132 |
| Swahili | 6,702 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36096 | 3,801 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2,901 |
| Karen | 6,535 | 0.1 | -- | 36072 | 4,873 | 0.1 | -- | +1,662 |
| Māori (New Zealand) | 6,463 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36079 | 5,007 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,456 |
| Burmese | 6,416 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36053 | 4,866 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,550 |
| Shona | 6,416 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36091 | 4,467 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +1,949 |
| Japanese | 5,570 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36023 | 4,723 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +847 |
| Romanian | 5,555 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36089 | 5,753 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -198 |
| Kannada | 5,551 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36071 | 3,112 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2,439 |
| Bosnian | 5,525 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36051 | 4,950 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +575 |
| Malay | 5,470 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36076 | 4,491 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +979 |
| Pashto | 5,414 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36086 | 3,362 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2,052 |
| Somali | 4,944 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 36094 | 3,577 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +1,367 |
| Dutch | 4,635 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36010 | 5,885 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1,250 |
| Auslan | 4,202 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36049 | 2,514 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,688 |
| Hungarian | 4,098 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36017 | 4,649 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -551 |
| Lao | 3,945 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36074 | 3,782 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +163 |
| Albanian | 3,599 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 36045 | 2,822 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +777 |
| Amharic | 3,510 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36046 | 2,386 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,124 |
| Fijian | 3,130 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36061 | 2,274 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +856 |
| Hakka | 3,089 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36065 | 2,984 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +105 |
| Kurdish | 3,056 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 36073 | 2,465 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +591 |
| Australian Indigenous Languages | 3,026 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36005 | 1,081 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,945 |
| Fijian Hindustani | 2,873 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36002 | 1,428 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,445 |
| Min Nan (incl.Hokkien) | 2,624 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36068 | 2,199 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +425 |
| Māori (Cook Island) | 2,571 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36078 | 2,158 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +413 |
| Tigrinya | 2,295 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36112 | 1,274 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,021 |
| Akan | 2,190 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36118 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Chin Haka | 2,030 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36003 | 1,084 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +946 |
| Kirundi (Rundi) | 1,969 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36122 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hmong | 1,879 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36067 | 1,509 | 0.0 | -- | +370 |
| Oromo | 1,667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36085 | 1,094 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +573 |
| Yoruba | 1,636 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36120 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Konkani | 1,412 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36116 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Armenian | 1,383 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36047 | 1,199 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +184 |
| Slovak | 1,263 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36092 | 1,245 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Czech | 1,202 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36056 | 1,199 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Serbo-Croatian Yugoslavian, so described | 1,170 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36090 | 1,606 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -436 |
| Ukrainian | 1,117 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36107 | 1,144 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -27 |
| Finnish | 1,073 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36063 | 1,264 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -191 |
| Krio | 938 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36121 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Swedish | 892 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36097 | 831 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +61 |
| Chinese, nfd | 882 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36055 | 1,380 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -498 |
| Nuer | 868 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36084 | 915 | 0.0 | -- | -47 |
| Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) | 802 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36123 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mauritian Creole | 800 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36119 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Danish | 761 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36057 | 934 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -173 |
| Slovene | 616 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36093 | 713 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -97 |
| Rohingya | 569 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36117 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Uygur | 512 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36109 | 279 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +233 |
| Tokelauan | 485 | 0.0 | -- | 36104 | 542 | 0.0 | -- | -57 |
| Sign languages, nfd | 484 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36124 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tetum | 481 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36101 | 375 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +106 |
| Bulgarian | 448 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36052 | 410 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +38 |
| Hebrew | 433 | 0.0 | -- | 36066 | 426 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Wu | 350 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36110 | 301 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +49 |
| Indo-Aryan, nfd | 260 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36070 | 513 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -253 |
| Norwegian | 246 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36083 | 225 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Tibetan | 246 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36103 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +186 |
| Estonian | 240 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36060 | 234 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Lithuanian | 205 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36115 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Latvian | 152 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36075 | 216 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -64 |
| Tswana | 141 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36106 | 83 | 0.0 | -- | +58 |
| Mongolian | 113 | 0.0 | -- | 36127 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yiddish | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 36111 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) in 2021 compared to the City of Whittlesea shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a smaller proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 65.7% of the population used English only, and 28.8 used a non-English language, compared with 50.2% and 45.1% respectively for the City of Whittlesea .
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) was Punjabi, with 2.5% of the population, or 129,899 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) and the City of Whittlesea in 2021 were:
- A smaller percentage using Macedonian at home (0.4% compared to 4.3%)
- A smaller percentage using Italian at home (0.8% compared to 3.6%)
- A smaller percentage using Arabic at home (2.4% compared to 5.2%)
- A smaller percentage using Greek at home (0.5% compared to 3.1%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 398,872 or 36.1%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 345,254 or 11.2%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) between 2016 and 2021 were for those using:
- Punjabi (+73,364 persons)
- Arabic (+29,394 persons)
- Hindi (+23,662 persons)
- Urdu (+23,290 persons)