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Population Diversity in Victoria by Local Government Areas: 2011 Census | 39 SECTION 2 METROPOLITAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS: FOUR-PAGE PROFILES 74.6% 1,048,068 Victorians born overseas were from non main English-speaking countries.

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SECTION 2 METROPOLITAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS: FOUR-PAGE PROFILES

74.6%1,048,068 Victorians born

overseas were from non main English-speaking countries.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Banyule (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 118,309 100.0 114,867 100.0 3,442 3.0

Australia-born 87,378 73.9 86,173 75.0 1,205 1.4

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 26,192 22.1 22,703 19.8 3,489 15.4

Country of birth not stated 4,739 4.0 5,991 5.2 -1,252 -20.9

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,893 5.8 6,549 5.7 344 5.3

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 19,299 16.3 16,154 14.1 3,145 19.5

OSB arrived since 2006 5,056 4.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 3,996 3.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 619 0.5 521 0.5 98 18.8

Language Other than English(e) 23,236 19.6 19,503 17.0 3,733 19.1

Australian citizen 104,571 88.4 102,769 89.5 1,802 1.8

Table 2Banyule (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 1,723 1,627 3,350 13% 3,433 -83 -2%

Italy 1,256 1,201 2,457 9% 2,560 -103 -4%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,069 1,294 2,363 9% 1,407 956 68%

India 966 695 1,661 6% 755 906 120%

New Zealand 662 654 1,316 5% 1,117 199 18%

Greece 530 559 1,089 4% 1,228 -139 -11%

Malaysia 373 459 832 3% 660 172 26%

Sri Lanka 382 367 749 3% 598 151 25%

Scotland 309 322 631 2% 650 -19 -3%

Germany 258 350 608 2% 640 -32 -5%

Vietnam 241 296 537 2% 407 130 32%

Somalia 228 268 496 2% 395 101 26%

Philippines 179 314 493 2% 364 129 35%

South Africa 207 225 432 2% 315 117 37%

FYROM 205 220 425 2% 381 44 12%

Lebanon 213 211 424 2% 413 11 3%

Croatia 199 221 420 2% 454 -34 -7%

United States of America 193 201 394 2% 312 82 26%

Ireland 204 173 377 1% 330 47 14%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 157 183 340 1% 347 -7 -2%

Poland 124 156 280 1% 312 -32 -10%

Netherlands 143 127 270 1% 302 -32 -11%

Iran 125 119 244 1% 130 114 88%

Malta 118 124 242 1% 278 -36 -13%

Singapore 100 137 237 1% 194 43 22%

Egypt 105 126 231 1% 260 -29 -11%

Indonesia 91 132 223 1% 132 91 69%

Korea, Republic of (South) 91 125 216 1% 110 106 96%

Japan 54 159 213 1% 177 36 20%

Thailand 67 144 211 1% 157 54 34%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,121 2,310 4,431 17% 3,885 546 14%

Total Overseas-born 12,693 13,499 26,192 100% 22,703 3,489 15%

Country of birth not stated 2,368 2,371 4,739 5,991 -1,252 -21%

Born in Australia 42,366 45,012 87,378 86,173 1,205 1%

Total Persons 57,427 60,882 118,309 114,867 3,442 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Banyule (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 31 545 1,277 718 640 139 3,350

Italy 20 1,326 764 71 31 243 2,455

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 35 48 782 1,405 94 2,364

India - 12 128 302 1,160 57 1,659

New Zealand 4 38 229 524 439 82 1,316

Greece 3 344 646 42 7 45 1,087

Malaysia - 7 168 364 273 18 830

Sri Lanka - 21 99 345 260 23 748

Scotland 12 122 255 131 88 23 631

Germany 6 312 114 80 82 15 609

Vietnam - - 91 249 174 21 535

Somalia - - - 318 152 25 495

Philippines - 3 47 231 200 13 494

South Africa 3 3 77 165 180 7 435

FYROM 3 37 260 95 17 15 427 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Banyule (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 964 41%

India 897 54%

England 406 12%

New Zealand 251 19%

Malaysia 174 21%

Sri Lanka 172 23%

Vietnam 135 25%

Philippines 125 25%

Iran 121 50%

United States of America 113 29%

Korea, Republic of (South) 112 52%

South Africa 110 25%

Somalia 81 16%

Ireland 69 18%

Pakistan 66 54%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,260 10%

Total 5,056 19%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Banyule (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 144 79 99 774 655 627 528 444 3,350

Italy 5 4 15 78 270 702 618 764 2,456

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 69 118 557 853 397 206 90 74 2,364

India 61 47 328 899 125 101 57 42 1,660

New Zealand 81 75 93 518 276 154 66 53 1,316

Greece - - 5 49 185 311 309 229 1,088

Malaysia 33 46 83 252 165 173 60 19 831

Sri Lanka 27 26 66 260 131 115 73 52 750

Scotland 20 15 11 107 113 159 127 80 632

Germany 6 19 13 94 59 146 135 135 607

Vietnam 20 11 68 242 99 60 24 13 537

Somalia 13 52 108 222 64 16 16 6 497

Philippines 18 21 41 200 91 91 18 14 494

South Africa 16 31 35 174 85 53 22 18 434

FYROM - 4 11 83 87 128 69 44 426

Table 6Banyule (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 1,886 2,185 4,071 18% 4,248 -177 -4%

Greek 1,195 1,328 2,523 11% 2,498 25 1%

Mandarin 1,146 1,337 2,483 11% 1,564 919 59%

Cantonese 560 652 1,212 5% 1,101 111 10%

Arabic 586 570 1,156 5% 1,095 61 6%

Macedonian 456 456 912 4% 865 47 5%

Somali 417 477 894 4% 631 263 42%

Vietnamese 299 324 623 3% 491 132 27%

Croatian 274 330 604 3% 613 -9 -1%

Hindi 293 216 509 2% 284 225 79%

German 223 260 483 2% 489 -6 -1%

Spanish 218 240 458 2% 282 176 62%

Tamil 232 186 418 2% 295 123 42%

Sinhalese 190 199 389 2% 268 121 45%

Serbian 156 163 319 1% 351 -32 -9%

Polish 132 179 311 1% 333 -22 -7%

Punjabi 190 116 306 1% 84 222 264%

French 120 173 293 1% 195 98 50%

Japanese 113 166 279 1% 197 82 42%

Persian (excluding Dari) 127 137 264 1% 134 130 97%

Malayalam 132 122 254 1% 81 173 214%

Russian 113 130 243 1% 212 31 15%

Korean 98 119 217 1% 102 115 113%

Tagalog 86 130 216 1% 124 92 74%

Indonesian 94 104 198 1% 106 92 87%

Thai 60 130 190 1% 150 40 27%

Chinese, nfd 93 92 185 1% 41 144 351%

Filipino 63 94 157 1% 154 3 2%

Dutch 60 84 144 1% 143 1 1%

Maltese 60 67 127 1% 139 -12 -9%

Other Languages(a) 1,379 1,419 2,798 12% 2,233 565 25%

Total LOTE Speakers 11,051 12,185 23,236 100% 19,503 3,733 19%

Speaks English Only 44,317 46,744 91,061 91,006 55 0%

Not Stated 2,059 1,953 4,012 4,358 -346 -8%

Total Persons 57,427 60,882 118,309 114,867 3,442 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Banyule (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 16,921 19,194 36,115 46% 36,359 -244 -1%Anglican Church of Australia 6,514 7,920 14,434 18% 16,183 -1,749 -11%Uniting Church 2,047 2,809 4,856 6% 5,844 -988 -17%Greek Orthodox 2,031 2,097 4,128 5% 3,946 182 5%Presbyterian 1,306 1,416 2,722 3% 2,870 -148 -5%Islam 1,226 1,183 2,409 3% 1,806 603 33%Buddhism 949 1,205 2,154 3% 1,554 600 39%Christian, nfd 794 1,056 1,850 2% 1,461 389 27%Baptist 802 928 1,730 2% 1,723 7 0%Hinduism 753 567 1,320 2% 769 551 72%Lutheran 370 401 771 1% 823 -52 -6%Macedonian Orthodox 375 333 708 1% 630 78 12%Pentecostal, nfd 287 383 670 1% 337 333 99%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 228 266 494 1% 452 42 9%Salvation Army 162 187 349 0% 395 -46 -12%Sikhism 189 125 314 0% 105 209 199%Serbian Orthodox 129 130 259 0% 302 -43 -14%Maronite Catholic 98 104 202 0% 105 97 92%Jehovah's Witnesses 78 124 202 0% 233 -31 -13%Churches of Christ (Conference) 69 97 166 0% 195 -29 -15%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 79 87 166 0% 215 -49 -23%Russian Orthodox 60 89 149 0% 162 -13 -8%Judaism 70 77 147 0% 103 44 43%Brethren 65 72 137 0% 86 51 59%Other Protestant, nfd 55 66 121 0% 100 21 21%Baha'i 42 60 102 0% 65 37 57%Coptic Orthodox Church 42 52 94 0% 103 -9 -9%Assemblies of God 34 50 84 0% 267 -183 -69%Seventh-day Adventist 38 39 77 0% 86 -9 -10%Churches of Christ, nfd 28 40 68 0% 35 33 94%Other religions(a) 1,153 942 2,095 3% 1,839 256 14%Total with religion 36,994 42,099 79,093 100% 79,153 -60 0%No Religion 16,150 14,404 30,554 24,304 6,250 26%Not Stated 4,283 4,379 8,662 11,410 -2,748 -0.2Total Persons 57,427 60,882 118,309 114,867 3,442 0.0

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Banyule (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 553 22% 333 21% 220 66%

Italian 469 12% 500 12% -31 -6%

Greek 299 12% 339 14% -40 -12%

Cantonese 232 19% 200 18% 32 16%

Arabic 174 15% 153 14% 21 14%

Somali 149 17% 130 21% 19 15%

Vietnamese 123 20% 118 24% 5 4%

Non-verbal, so described 105 73% 77 43% 28 36%

Macedonian 104 11% 104 12% 0 0%

Croatian 77 13% 97 16% -20 -21%

Korean 62 29% 30 30% 32 107%

Chinese, nfd 48 26% 8 19% 40 500%

Serbian 47 15% 52 15% -5 -10%

Spanish 42 9% 20 7% 22 110%

Russian 39 16% 30 14% 9 30%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Bayside (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 91,813 100.0 87,937 100.0 3,876 4.4

Australia-born 65,049 70.8 63,011 71.7 2,038 3.2

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 22,473 24.5 19,680 22.4 2,793 14.2

Country of birth not stated 4,291 4.7 5,246 6.0 -955 -18.2

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 11,035 12.0 9,484 10.8 1,551 16.4

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 11,438 12.5 10,196 11.6 1,242 12.2

OSB arrived since 2006 4,660 5.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 1,963 2.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 152 0.2 139 0.2 13 9.4

Language Other than English(e) 12,200 13.3 10,598 12.1 1,602 15.1

Australian citizen 79,621 86.7 76,503 87.0 3,118 4.1

Table 2Bayside (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 2,853 2,726 5,579 25% 4,744 835 18%

New Zealand 855 862 1,717 8% 1,559 158 10%

South Africa 525 504 1,029 5% 858 171 20%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 396 542 938 4% 504 434 86%

United States of America 397 447 844 4% 681 163 24%

Scotland 434 405 839 4% 771 68 9%

Germany 346 426 772 3% 743 29 4%

Italy 367 362 729 3% 733 -4 -1%

Greece 334 372 706 3% 752 -46 -6%

India 355 308 663 3% 505 158 31%

Poland 226 297 523 2% 552 -29 -5%

Ireland 211 222 433 2% 352 81 23%

Russian Federation 157 223 380 2% 368 12 3%

Ukraine 169 180 349 2% 303 46 15%

Malaysia 133 203 336 2% 324 12 4%

Japan 137 192 329 1% 340 -11 -3%

Canada 151 165 316 1% 269 47 17%

Netherlands 149 151 300 1% 316 -16 -5%

Sri Lanka 117 149 266 1% 237 29 12%

France 135 126 261 1% 188 73 39%

Singapore 92 127 219 1% 158 61 39%

Israel 124 89 213 1% 174 39 22%

Egypt 99 107 206 1% 189 17 9%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 87 98 185 1% 199 -14 -7%

Hungary 86 89 175 1% 182 -7 -4%

Philippines 46 113 159 1% 124 35 28%

Croatia 69 78 147 1% 155 -8 -5%

Turkey 69 66 135 1% 115 20 17%

Wales 58 68 126 1% 113 13 12%

Northern Ireland 60 63 123 1% 116 7 6%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,487 1,917 3,404 15% 2,980 424 14%

Total Overseas-born 10,724 11,677 22,401 100% 19,604 2,797 14%

Country of birth not stated 2,066 2,225 4,291 5,246 -955 -18%

Born in Australia 31,015 34,034 65,049 63,011 2,038 3%

Total Persons 43,842 47,971 91,813 87,937 3,876 4%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Bayside (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 65 681 1,354 1,219 2,007 252 5,578

New Zealand 20 42 342 653 581 80 1,718

South Africa - 6 109 401 485 28 1,029

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 39 44 354 455 41 936

United States of America 3 13 98 224 475 31 844

Scotland 13 130 250 175 240 32 840

Germany 22 254 128 153 192 27 776

Italy 18 384 212 31 36 48 729

Greece 3 185 469 20 9 17 703

India 3 29 151 166 286 28 663

Poland 8 138 102 230 29 16 523

Ireland 4 31 82 152 154 11 434

Russian Federation - 17 48 231 69 15 380

Ukraine - 16 65 232 29 9 351

Malaysia - 16 101 141 72 7 337 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Bayside (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

England 1,301 23%

United States of America 373 44%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 342 36%

New Zealand 328 19%

South Africa 288 28%

India 201 30%

Japan 157 48%

Scotland 145 17%

Germany 132 17%

Ireland 110 25%

France 109 42%

Canada 93 29%

Israel 74 35%

Singapore 55 25%

Netherlands 54 18%

Other countries of birth(d) 898 11%

Total 4,660 21%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Bayside (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 548 343 159 1,343 1,138 825 635 587 5,578

New Zealand 128 131 87 526 425 241 111 69 1,718

South Africa 74 97 75 361 212 134 44 30 1,027

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 46 85 121 268 220 91 53 52 936

United States of America 192 110 55 206 145 81 37 17 843

Scotland 41 32 8 196 177 161 114 111 840

Germany 27 33 20 154 127 139 154 119 773

Italy 7 3 11 49 87 161 156 256 730

Greece 3 3 - 41 106 144 233 176 706

India 18 14 66 262 108 81 58 53 660

Poland 3 4 4 89 86 155 63 117 521

Ireland 37 12 13 143 97 55 39 39 435

Russian Federation 6 12 21 105 77 56 64 38 379

Ukraine - 6 20 98 70 59 41 55 349

Malaysia 5 18 18 102 90 69 27 8 337

Table 6Bayside (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Greek 991 1,054 2,045 17% 2,022 23 1%

Italian 545 661 1,206 10% 1,209 -3 0%

Russian 544 652 1,196 10% 988 208 21%

Mandarin 427 534 961 8% 556 405 73%

German 369 421 790 6% 726 64 9%

French 251 301 552 5% 363 189 52%

Polish 194 270 464 4% 476 -12 -3%

Cantonese 181 222 403 3% 389 14 4%

Japanese 181 191 372 3% 379 -7 -2%

Spanish 156 192 348 3% 234 114 49%

Arabic 142 169 311 3% 277 34 12%

Hebrew 142 121 263 2% 256 7 3%

Dutch 90 121 211 2% 192 19 10%

Hindi 118 87 205 2% 95 110 116%

Croatian 76 90 166 1% 164 2 1%

Serbian 81 83 164 1% 125 39 31%

Turkish 80 80 160 1% 160 0 0%

Afrikaans 73 84 157 1% 90 67 74%

Hungarian 51 94 145 1% 141 4 3%

Vietnamese 62 68 130 1% 72 58 81%

Swedish 61 56 117 1% 85 32 38%

Portuguese 45 63 108 1% 57 51 89%

Thai 25 60 85 1% 63 22 35%

Punjabi 49 29 78 1% 45 33 73%

Korean 31 45 76 1% 72 4 6%

Indonesian 36 37 73 1% 67 6 9%

Chinese, nfd 31 41 72 1% 20 52 260%

Sinhalese 38 31 69 1% 47 22 47%

Czech 29 39 68 1% 81 -13 -16%

Tamil 36 29 65 1% 32 33 103%

Other Languages(a) 515 625 1,140 9% 1,115 25 2%

Total LOTE Speakers 5,650 6,550 12,200 100% 10,598 1,602 15%

Speaks English Only 36,261 39,424 75,685 73,246 2,439 3%

Not Stated 1,931 1,997 3,928 4,093 -165 -4%

Total Persons 43,842 47,971 91,813 87,937 3,876 4%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Bayside (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 10,578 12,432 23,010 38% 22,315 695 3%Anglican Church of Australia 7,791 9,440 17,231 29% 18,413 -1,182 -6%Uniting Church 1,825 2,463 4,288 7% 5,162 -874 -17%Greek Orthodox 1,530 1,570 3,100 5% 2,883 217 8%Judaism 1,452 1,496 2,948 5% 2,727 221 8%Presbyterian 1,089 1,241 2,330 4% 2,629 -299 -11%Buddhism 488 715 1,203 2% 927 276 30%Christian, nfd 400 523 923 2% 806 117 15%Baptist 314 362 676 1% 709 -33 -5%Lutheran 307 354 661 1% 725 -64 -9%Islam 228 229 457 1% 386 71 18%Hinduism 195 174 369 1% 273 96 35%Pentecostal, nfd 154 179 333 1% 157 176 112%Russian Orthodox 81 166 247 0% 184 63 34%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 68 63 131 0% 130 1 1%Serbian Orthodox 66 58 124 0% 102 22 22%Churches of Christ (Conference) 52 70 122 0% 132 -10 -8%Jehovah's Witnesses 48 65 113 0% 93 20 22%Sikhism 57 32 89 0% 51 38 75%Other Protestant, nfd 36 48 84 0% 82 2 2%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 37 42 79 0% 80 -1 -1%Coptic Orthodox Church 38 32 70 0% 55 15 27%Salvation Army 26 42 68 0% 67 1 1%Macedonian Orthodox 24 20 44 0% 41 3 7%Spiritualism 11 27 38 0% 25 13 52%Druse 18 15 33 0% 28 5 18%Reformed 10 21 31 0% 23 8 35%Seventh-day Adventist 10 21 31 0% 31 0 0%Antiochian Orthodox 15 11 26 0% 30 -4 -13%Armenian Apostolic 5 14 19 0% 14 5 36%Other religions(a) 645 513 1,158 2% 1,199 -41 -3%Total with religion 27,598 32,438 60,036 100% 60,479 -443 -1%No Religion 12,613 11,731 24,344 18,066 6,278 35%Not Stated 3,631 3,802 7,433 9,392 -1,959 -21%Total Persons 43,842 47,971 91,813 87,937 3,876 4%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Bayside (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 234 11% 257 13% -23 -9%

Russian 220 18% 193 20% 27 14%

Mandarin 213 22% 123 22% 90 73%

Italian 120 10% 107 9% 13 12%

Japanese 107 29% 108 29% -1 -1%

Cantonese 53 13% 45 12% 8 18%

Non-verbal, so described 38 61% 58 43% -20 -34%

Polish 35 8% 37 8% -2 -5%

Turkish 34 21% 30 19% 4 13%

Arabic 29 9% 40 15% -11 -28%

French 25 5% 12 3% 13 108%

Spanish 24 7% 15 6% 9 60%

Vietnamese 21 16% 13 18% 8 62%

Chinese, nfd 20 27% 3 15% 17 567%

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Boroondara (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 159,182 100.0 154,455 100.0 4,727 3.1

Australia-born 107,743 67.7 106,410 68.9 1,333 1.3

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 45,029 28.3 39,517 25.6 5,512 13.9

Country of birth not stated 6,415 4.0 8,528 5.5 -2,113 -24.8

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 11,842 7.4 10,997 7.1 845 7.7

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 33,187 20.8 28,520 18.5 4,667 16.4

OSB arrived since 2006 11,514 7.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 9,101 5.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 223 0.1 171 0.1 52 30.4

Language Other than English(e) 37,462 23.5 31,613 20.5 5,849 18.5

Australian citizen 134,893 84.7 132,134 85.5 2,759 2.1

Table 2Boroondara (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2,893 3,795 6,688 15% 4,148 2,540 61%

England 2,694 2,474 5,168 11% 5,088 80 2%

India 2,067 1,461 3,528 8% 2,624 904 34%

Malaysia 1,321 1,607 2,928 7% 2,593 335 13%

New Zealand 1,346 1,413 2,759 6% 2,335 424 18%

Greece 860 959 1,819 4% 2,017 -198 -10%

Italy 852 911 1,763 4% 1,938 -175 -9%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 745 823 1,568 3% 1,754 -186 -11%

Vietnam 640 787 1,427 3% 1,083 344 32%

Sri Lanka 550 572 1,122 2% 869 253 29%

United States of America 525 549 1,074 2% 964 110 11%

South Africa 475 506 981 2% 876 105 12%

Singapore 367 499 866 2% 772 94 12%

Indonesia 309 425 734 2% 777 -43 -6%

Taiwan 324 399 723 2% 826 -103 -12%

Scotland 337 370 707 2% 721 -14 -2%

Germany 307 393 700 2% 745 -45 -6%

Korea, Republic of (South) 284 394 678 2% 505 173 34%

Ireland 225 259 484 1% 418 66 16%

Thailand 154 296 450 1% 442 8 2%

Poland 180 264 444 1% 513 -69 -13%

Japan 127 282 409 1% 395 14 4%

Iran 221 176 397 1% 199 198 99%

Canada 169 225 394 1% 323 71 22%

Philippines 128 261 389 1% 325 64 20%

Netherlands 188 161 349 1% 334 15 4%

France 145 136 281 1% 248 33 13%

Egypt 153 126 279 1% 232 47 20%

Hungary 94 138 232 1% 263 -31 -12%

Croatia 95 116 211 0% 248 -37 -15%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,625 2,852 5,477 12% 4,942 530 11%

Total Overseas-born 21,400 23,629 45,029 100% 39,517 5,512 14%

Country of birth not stated 3,283 3,132 6,418 8,528 -2,110 -25%

Born in Australia 51,818 55,925 107,743 106,410 1,333 1%

Total Persons 76,499 82,686 159,182 154,455 4,727 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Boroondara (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 89 203 2,432 3,612 347 6,686

England 90 722 1,639 1,154 1,329 233 5,167

India 3 49 309 559 2,515 93 3,528

Malaysia 4 52 701 1,238 844 86 2,925

New Zealand 21 87 528 933 1,082 108 2,759

Greece 9 702 976 33 9 91 1,820

Italy 40 1,041 471 54 48 111 1,765

Hong Kong (SAR of China) - 28 278 903 314 44 1,567

Vietnam - - 474 530 381 44 1,429

Sri Lanka - 23 252 421 391 37 1,124

United States of America 3 13 188 340 482 47 1,073

South Africa 5 12 182 410 342 27 978

Singapore 4 22 145 309 352 34 866

Indonesia - 16 64 282 360 12 734

Taiwan - - 14 505 182 22 723 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Boroondara (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2,778 42%

India 1,976 56%

England 889 17%

New Zealand 666 24%

Malaysia 546 19%

United States of America 332 31%

Vietnam 320 22%

Korea, Republic of (South) 296 44%

Sri Lanka 294 26%

Indonesia 231 31%

Singapore 211 24%

Thailand 204 45%

Iran 179 45%

South Africa 172 18%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 157 10%

Other countries of birth(d) 2,263 15%

Total 11,514 26%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Boroondara (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 228 605 1,418 1,866 1,431 565 283 291 6,687

England 432 257 205 1,186 1,049 898 608 532 5,167

India 148 86 665 1,905 305 200 122 98 3,529

Malaysia 60 181 297 849 645 565 229 100 2,926

New Zealand 181 205 269 921 519 365 181 118 2,759

Greece 3 3 7 56 257 342 569 584 1,821

Italy 6 13 3 85 163 398 422 675 1,765

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 62 134 185 475 302 279 77 52 1,566

Vietnam 10 44 186 533 371 199 51 35 1,429

Sri Lanka 10 35 136 422 214 138 95 73 1,123

United States of America 212 120 109 287 162 117 43 24 1,074

South Africa 34 66 86 345 193 146 75 33 978

Singapore 105 108 90 230 140 121 46 25 865

Indonesia 16 42 159 316 67 71 39 23 733

Taiwan 16 40 104 320 83 127 29 5 724

Table 6Boroondara (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Mandarin 3,640 4,354 7,994 21% 5,259 2,735 52%

Greek 2,437 2,688 5,125 14% 4,963 162 3%

Cantonese 2,189 2,596 4,785 13% 4,770 15 0%

Italian 1,464 1,720 3,184 8% 3,324 -140 -4%

Vietnamese 707 804 1,511 4% 1,113 398 36%

Hindi 674 446 1,120 3% 907 213 23%

Gujarati 617 409 1,026 3% 606 420 69%

French 362 399 761 2% 576 185 32%

Korean 290 399 689 2% 460 229 50%

Spanish 332 339 671 2% 427 244 57%

Indonesian 280 365 645 2% 640 5 1%

German 301 337 638 2% 694 -56 -8%

Arabic 340 267 607 2% 445 162 36%

Sinhalese 290 264 554 1% 393 161 41%

Japanese 221 310 531 1% 449 82 18%

Chinese, nfd 198 237 435 1% 250 185 74%

Persian (excluding Dari) 221 197 418 1% 219 199 91%

Tamil 211 193 404 1% 304 100 33%

Thai 143 255 398 1% 378 20 5%

Polish 163 214 377 1% 392 -15 -4%

Min Nan 143 184 327 1% 324 3 1%

Punjabi 144 119 263 1% 222 41 18%

Russian 106 153 259 1% 195 64 33%

Dutch 116 118 234 1% 185 49 26%

Macedonian 121 113 234 1% 255 -21 -8%

Croatian 100 133 233 1% 244 -11 -5%

Hungarian 95 137 232 1% 266 -34 -13%

Serbian 88 110 198 1% 201 -3 -1%

Urdu 104 61 165 0% 140 25 18%

Turkish 81 83 164 0% 151 13 9%

Other Languages(a) 1,576 1,704 3,280 9% 2,861 419 15%

Total LOTE Speakers 17,754 19,708 37,462 100% 31,613 5,849 19%

Speaks English Only 55,761 60,222 115,983 115,811 172 0%

Not Stated 2,984 2,753 5,737 7,031 -1,294 -18%

Total Persons 76,499 82,683 159,182 154,455 4,727 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Boroondara (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 18,264 21,310 39,574 38% 39,594 -20 0%Anglican Church of Australia 9,395 11,393 20,788 20% 23,217 -2,429 -10%Uniting Church 3,284 4,521 7,805 8% 9,558 -1,753 -18%Greek Orthodox 3,428 3,627 7,055 7% 6,777 278 4%Buddhism 2,323 2,982 5,305 5% 4,531 774 17%Presbyterian 1,608 1,879 3,487 3% 3,737 -250 -7%Hinduism 1,933 1,429 3,362 3% 2,410 952 40%Baptist 1,246 1,493 2,739 3% 2,669 70 3%Christian, nfd 1,094 1,433 2,527 2% 2,073 454 22%Judaism 913 947 1,860 2% 2,019 -159 -8%Islam 816 613 1,429 1% 1,073 356 33%Lutheran 451 546 997 1% 1,078 -81 -8%Pentecostal, nfd 311 370 681 1% 422 259 61%Sikhism 188 154 342 0% 296 46 16%Churches of Christ (Conference) 99 144 243 0% 292 -49 -17%Macedonian Orthodox 122 118 240 0% 225 15 7%Other Protestant, nfd 100 116 216 0% 254 -38 -15%Jehovah's Witnesses 84 112 196 0% 166 30 18%Salvation Army 85 106 191 0% 217 -26 -12%Russian Orthodox 74 109 183 0% 174 9 5%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 83 94 177 0% 178 -1 -1%Serbian Orthodox 71 97 168 0% 200 -32 -16%Coptic Orthodox Church 76 69 145 0% 72 73 101%Baha'i 67 64 131 0% 104 27 26%Seventh-day Adventist 53 58 111 0% 88 23 26%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 49 53 102 0% 121 -19 -16%Jainism 58 38 96 0% 38 58 153%Maronite Catholic 35 31 66 0% 53 13 25%Paganism 23 43 66 0% 83 -17 -20%Taoism 31 32 63 0% 35 28 80%Other religions(a) 1,425 1,078 2,503 2% 2,483 20 1%Total with religion 47,789 55,059 102,848 100% 104,237 -1,389 -1%No Religion 22,801 21,788 44,589 34,412 10,177 30%Not Stated 5,909 5,836 11,745 15,806 -4,061 -26%Total Persons 76,499 82,683 159,182 154,455 4,727 3%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Boroondara (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 1,676 21% 1,007 19% 669 66%

Cantonese 727 15% 749 16% -22 -3%

Greek 708 14% 762 15% -54 -7%

Italian 350 11% 432 13% -82 -19%

Vietnamese 183 12% 143 13% 40 28%

Korean 162 24% 129 28% 33 26%

Chinese, nfd 130 30% 61 24% 69 113%

Non-verbal, so described 126 77% 107 48% 19 18%

Japanese 60 11% 69 15% -9 -13%

Spanish 60 9% 39 9% 21 54%

Thai 56 14% 58 15% -2 -3%

Gujarati 49 5% 21 3% 28 133%

Arabic 45 7% 34 8% 11 32%

Croatian 34 15% 32 13% 2 6%

Indonesian 32 5% 47 7% -15 -32%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Brimbank (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 182,735 100.0 168,223 100.0 14,512 8.6

Australia-born 85,775 46.9 82,914 49.3 2,861 3.5

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 84,294 46.1 72,878 43.3 11,416 15.7

Country of birth not stated 12,669 6.9 12,431 7.4 238 1.9

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 5,634 3.1 5,118 3.0 516 10.1

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 78,660 43.0 67,760 40.3 10,900 16.1

OSB arrived since 2006 16,492 9.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 15,236 8.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 700 0.4 570 0.3 130 22.8

Language Other than English(e) 102,700 56.2 90,358 53.7 12,342 13.7

Australian citizen 146,745 80.3 142,898 84.9 3,847 2.7

Table 2Brimbank (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeVietnam 8,330 9,668 17,998 21% 15,123 2,875 19%

India 4,615 3,152 7,767 9% 3,054 4,713 154%

Malta 2,691 2,684 5,375 6% 6,053 -678 -11%

Philippines 2,324 2,899 5,223 6% 4,068 1,155 28%

Italy 1,797 1,826 3,623 4% 3,991 -368 -9%

FYROM 1,666 1,626 3,292 4% 3,738 -446 -12%

Croatia 1,353 1,380 2,733 3% 3,091 -358 -12%

New Zealand 1,223 1,182 2,405 3% 1,789 616 34%

Greece 1,164 1,214 2,378 3% 2,591 -213 -8%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 957 1,125 2,082 2% 1,128 954 85%

England 926 920 1,846 2% 2,051 -205 -10%

Cyprus 724 789 1,513 2% 1,651 -138 -8%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 720 747 1,467 2% 1,581 -114 -7%

Sri Lanka 716 630 1,346 2% 902 444 49%

Poland 553 733 1,286 2% 1,578 -292 -19%

Sudan 618 576 1,194 1% 1,223 -29 -2%

Egypt 549 563 1,112 1% 1,056 56 5%

Germany 515 580 1,095 1% 1,254 -159 -13%

Timor-Leste 488 465 953 1% 955 -2 0%

Serbia 397 410 807 1% 880 -73 -8%

Chile 390 417 807 1% 872 -65 -7%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 396 404 800 1% 1,184 -384 -32%

Lebanon 392 372 764 1% 817 -53 -6%

Turkey 376 353 729 1% 741 -12 -2%

Pakistan 465 231 696 1% 287 409 143%

Malaysia 337 357 694 1% 430 264 61%

Ethiopia 298 326 624 1% 389 235 60%

Fiji 260 311 571 1% 441 130 29%

El Salvador 253 266 519 1% 546 -27 -5%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

286 229 515 1% 35 480 1371%

Other countries of birth(a) 5,958 6,121 12,080 14% 7,373 4,707 64%

Total Overseas-born 43,748 42,556 84,294 100% 72,878 11,416 16%

Country of birth not stated 6,465 6,204 12,669 12,431 238 2%

Born in Australia 43,143 42,632 85,775 82,914 2,861 3%

Total Persons 91,344 91,391 182,735 168,223 14,512 9%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Brimbank (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Vietnam - 3 1,415 11,827 3,773 980 17,998

India - 7 413 998 6,049 302 7,769

Malta 4 1,752 2,954 342 76 249 5,377

Philippines - - 407 2,586 2,091 137 5,221

Italy 3 1,459 1,718 140 53 252 3,625

FYROM 3 21 2,226 702 200 140 3,292

Croatia - 235 1,826 494 77 100 2,732

New Zealand - 11 144 734 1,317 199 2,405

Greece - 547 1,537 125 34 135 2,378

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 10 41 736 1,203 93 2,083

England 8 348 890 296 203 101 1,846

Cyprus 3 213 958 270 21 46 1,511

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3 202 980 248 33 1,466

Sri Lanka - 4 91 518 689 45 1,347

Poland 4 328 257 587 61 47 1,284 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Brimbank (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 4,914 63%

Vietnam 2,509 14%

Philippines 1,458 28%

New Zealand 896 37%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 731 35%

Sri Lanka 521 39%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 441 85%

Pakistan 400 57%

Sudan 370 31%

Nepal 235 79%

Ethiopia 232 37%

Bangladesh 197 48%

Malaysia 195 28%

Egypt 169 15%

Samoa 169 38%

Other countries of birth(d) 3,055 7%

Total 16,492 20%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Brimbank (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsVietnam 300 471 1,398 8,351 4,274 2,157 657 390 17,998

India 409 186 1,623 4,243 539 401 220 146 7,767

Malta 9 23 23 200 697 1,957 1,568 900 5,377

Philippines 342 380 480 1,929 1,033 725 214 118 5,221

Italy 3 17 21 130 542 1,006 984 921 3,624

FYROM 7 27 85 565 710 1,134 524 241 3,293

Croatia 5 26 73 296 523 660 766 383 2,732

New Zealand 465 350 378 761 255 128 56 14 2,407

Greece 4 13 19 128 317 563 806 525 2,375

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 84 92 251 902 326 193 113 122 2,083

England 70 20 39 348 435 424 312 198 1,846

Cyprus 3 18 9 210 291 483 283 216 1,513

Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 70 185 447 326 247 132 55 1,467

Sri Lanka 109 45 125 548 265 151 66 37 1,346

Poland 8 5 36 208 210 317 182 319 1,285

Table 6Brimbank (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

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Vietnamese 12,390 13,609 25,999 25% 21,141 4,858 23%

Maltese 2,899 3,075 5,974 6% 6,787 -813 -12%

Italian 2,784 2,990 5,774 6% 6,369 -595 -9%

Greek 2,825 2,948 5,773 6% 6,157 -384 -6%

Macedonian 2,634 2,619 5,253 5% 5,822 -569 -10%

Cantonese 2,123 2,203 4,326 4% 4,064 262 6%

Arabic 2,107 2,109 4,216 4% 3,781 435 12%

Punjabi 2,566 1,560 4,126 4% 1,017 3,109 306%

Croatian 1,950 2,010 3,960 4% 4,589 -629 -14%

Spanish 1,393 1,560 2,953 3% 3,125 -172 -6%

Tagalog 1,271 1,515 2,786 3% 2,130 656 31%

Turkish 1,358 1,386 2,744 3% 2,948 -204 -7%

Filipino 991 1,195 2,186 2% 1,792 394 22%

Mandarin 974 1,101 2,075 2% 1,154 921 80%

Serbian 915 948 1,863 2% 1,948 -85 -4%

Hindi 985 835 1,820 2% 956 864 90%

Polish 702 893 1,595 2% 2,006 -411 -20%

Bosnian 602 585 1,187 1% 1,300 -113 -9%

Hakka 549 518 1,067 1% 1,028 39 4%

Dinka 538 465 1,003 1% 886 117 13%

Sinhalese 492 480 972 1% 661 311 47%

Albanian 462 479 941 1% 1,006 -65 -6%

Samoan 426 455 881 1% 587 294 50%

Urdu 505 321 826 1% 347 479 138%

Tamil 355 279 634 1% 386 248 64%

German 252 323 575 1% 675 -100 -15%

Amharic 237 248 485 0% 259 226 87%

Bengali 253 229 482 0% 169 313 185%

Lao 179 214 393 0% 379 14 4%

Ukrainian 140 244 384 0% 495 -111 -22%

Other Languages(a) 4,763 4,684 9,447 9% 6,394 3,053 48%

Total LOTE Speakers 50,620 52,080 102,700 100% 90,358 12,342 14%

Speaks English Only 35,084 34,139 69,223 68,535 688 1%

Not Stated 5,640 5,172 10,812 9,330 1,482 16%

Total Persons 91,344 91,391 182,735 168,223 14,512 9%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Brimbank (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 31,978 33,632 65,610 44% 67,103 -1,493 -2%Buddhism 10,213 11,353 21,566 15% 18,192 3,374 19%Islam 5,348 4,829 10,177 7% 8,408 1,769 21%Greek Orthodox 4,426 4,508 8,934 6% 9,111 -177 -2%Anglican Church of Australia 3,883 4,368 8,251 6% 8,837 -586 -7%Hinduism 2,302 1,695 3,997 3% 1,682 2,315 138%Sikhism 2,271 1,405 3,676 2% 971 2,705 279%Macedonian Orthodox 1,840 1,755 3,595 2% 4,035 -440 -11%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 1,315 1,383 2,698 2% 2,732 -34 -1%Uniting Church 1,202 1,465 2,667 2% 2,905 -238 -8%Christian, nfd 1,280 1,346 2,626 2% 1,862 764 41%Baptist 1,064 1,123 2,187 1% 1,564 623 40%Presbyterian 893 1,032 1,925 1% 2,020 -95 -5%Pentecostal, nfd 702 782 1,484 1% 524 960 183%Serbian Orthodox 548 554 1,102 1% 1,248 -146 -12%Coptic Orthodox Church 374 383 757 1% 747 10 1%Jehovah's Witnesses 327 412 739 0% 712 27 4%Lutheran 344 390 734 0% 887 -153 -17%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 231 204 435 0% 302 133 44%Seventh-day Adventist 185 195 380 0% 317 63 20%Born Again Christian 152 185 337 0% 377 -40 -11%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 127 144 271 0% 192 79 41%Assemblies of God 135 129 264 0% 550 -286 -52%Other Protestant, nfd 116 118 234 0% 199 35 18%Salvation Army 94 110 204 0% 211 -7 -3%Russian Orthodox 89 109 198 0% 169 29 17%Ukrainian Catholic 74 106 180 0% 234 -54 -23%Churches of Christ (Conference) 82 91 173 0% 181 -8 -4%Syrian Orthodox Church 58 53 111 0% 40 71 178%Antiochian Orthodox 56 50 106 0% 142 -36 -25%Other religions(a) 1,346 1,208 2,554 2% 2,064 490 24%Total with religion 73,055 75,117 148,172 100% 138,518 9,654 7%No Religion 10,763 9,343 20,106 15,595 4,511 29%Not Stated 7,526 6,931 14,457 14,110 347 3%Total Persons 91,344 91,391 182,735 168,223 14,512 9%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Brimbank (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Vietnamese 9,509 37% 8,238 39% 1,271 15%

Cantonese 1,491 34% 1,512 37% -21 -1%

Greek 1,134 20% 1,249 20% -115 -9%

Macedonian 1,111 21% 1,288 22% -177 -14%

Italian 888 15% 1,039 16% -151 -15%

Maltese 713 12% 847 12% -134 -16%

Croatian 712 18% 901 20% -189 -21%

Mandarin 687 33% 364 32% 323 89%

Arabic 649 15% 549 15% 100 18%

Turkish 556 20% 560 19% -4 -1%

Spanish 484 16% 549 18% -65 -12%

Serbian 380 20% 416 21% -36 -9%

Hakka 359 34% 339 33% 20 6%

Punjabi 358 9% 100 10% 258 258%

Polish 260 16% 338 17% -78 -23%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Cardinia (S): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 74,176 100.0 57,117 100.0 17,059 29.9

Australia-born 58,633 79.0 45,681 80.0 12,952 28.4

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 12,244 16.5 8,119 14.2 4,125 50.8

Country of birth not stated 3,299 4.4 3,317 5.8 -18 -0.5

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,547 8.8 4,854 8.5 1,693 34.9

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 5,697 7.7 3,265 5.7 2,432 74.5

OSB arrived since 2006 1,915 2.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 1,036 1.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 426 0.6 235 0.4 191 81.3

Language Other than English(e) 5,201 7.0 2,669 4.7 2,532 94.9

Australian citizen 65,809 88.7 50,812 89.0 14,997 29.5

Table 2Cardinia (S): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 1,901 1,942 3,843 31% 3,058 785 26%

New Zealand 634 605 1,239 10% 725 514 71%

Netherlands 317 322 639 5% 612 27 4%

Scotland 281 292 573 5% 479 94 20%

India 247 226 473 4% 122 351 288%

Germany 209 198 407 3% 344 63 18%

Sri Lanka 188 178 366 3% 129 237 184%

Italy 210 142 352 3% 336 16 5%

Philippines 110 186 296 2% 107 189 177%

South Africa 127 142 269 2% 140 129 92%

Mauritius 106 109 215 2% 91 124 136%

United States of America 85 82 167 1% 122 45 37%

Ireland 72 78 150 1% 121 29 24%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 53 82 135 1% 45 90 200%

Croatia 77 51 128 1% 111 17 15%

Romania 55 69 124 1% 43 81 188%

Northern Ireland 65 45 110 1% 82 28 34%

Poland 47 58 105 1% 74 31 42%

Wales 50 51 101 1% 81 20 25%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 59 39 98 1% 86 12 14%

Malaysia 33 61 94 1% 39 55 141%

Fiji 45 45 90 1% 32 58 181%

Canada 34 53 87 1% 46 41 89%

Malta 51 29 80 1% 66 14 21%

Sudan 39 36 75 1% 12 63 525%

Chile 36 38 74 1% 39 35 90%

Greece 41 33 74 1% 55 19 35%

Egypt 37 36 73 1% 34 39 115%

Austria 38 33 71 1% 59 12 20%

Thailand 17 51 68 1% 23 45 196%

Other countries of birth(a) 821 847 1,668 14% 806 862 107%

Total Overseas-born 6,085 6,159 12,244 100% 8,119 4,118 51%

Country of birth not stated 1,687 1,612 3,299 3,317 -18 -1%

Born in Australia 28,931 29,702 58,633 45,681 12,952 28%

Total Persons 36,703 37,473 74,176 57,117 17,059 30%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Cardinia (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 24 522 1,754 710 672 162 3,844

New Zealand - 16 205 501 446 70 1,238

Netherlands - 391 119 82 21 24 637

Scotland 5 109 248 144 43 23 572

India - 3 59 73 324 15 474

Germany - 194 110 57 27 17 405

Sri Lanka - 5 50 123 174 11 363

Italy 11 179 130 11 3 20 354

Philippines - - 10 98 179 8 295

South Africa 3 - 43 104 116 4 270

Mauritius - 3 77 59 68 9 216

United States of America - 7 35 56 62 7 167

Ireland - 23 49 43 31 4 150

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 7 15 38 65 9 134

Croatia - 8 92 12 6 11 129 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Cardinia (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

England 419 11%

New Zealand 270 22%

India 202 43%

Philippines 129 44%

Sri Lanka 121 33%

South Africa 68 25%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 43 32%

Mauritius 43 20%

United States of America 36 22%

Brazil 30 73%

Malaysia 30 32%

Fiji 29 32%

Sudan 28 38%

Scotland 26 5%

Thailand 23 34%

Other countries of birth(d) 418 10%

Total 1,915 16%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Cardinia (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 121 126 109 764 872 794 647 411 3,844

New Zealand 112 113 118 453 241 122 57 23 1,239

Netherlands 3 8 3 48 75 215 164 123 639

Scotland 8 4 4 131 116 131 113 65 572

India 27 14 35 267 60 33 26 11 473

Germany 4 16 5 41 68 120 91 61 406

Sri Lanka 21 14 25 197 43 37 19 9 365

Italy - - - 21 43 85 102 101 352

Philippines 32 31 21 141 50 15 3 3 296

South Africa 15 33 11 104 62 26 10 10 271

Mauritius 13 6 5 91 48 32 18 3 216

United States of America 17 13 15 44 40 27 6 4 166

Ireland 12 - 3 36 33 15 23 28 150

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 8 4 12 56 26 10 16 3 135

Croatia 3 - - 26 33 27 27 13 129

Table 6Cardinia (S): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 270 256 526 10% 489 37 8%

German 115 141 256 5% 233 23 10%

Sinhalese 137 117 254 5% 55 199 362%

Dutch 108 143 251 5% 249 2 1%

Spanish 100 128 228 4% 102 126 124%

Arabic 109 103 212 4% 37 175 473%

Hindi 94 91 185 4% 46 139 302%

Greek 86 88 174 3% 109 65 60%

Romanian 77 96 173 3% 77 96 125%

French 84 86 170 3% 84 86 102%

Mandarin 70 84 154 3% 44 110 250%

Croatian 80 71 151 3% 139 12 9%

Punjabi 89 59 148 3% 7 141 2014%

Hungarian 64 68 132 3% 65 67 103%

Filipino 50 68 118 2% 27 91 337%

Polish 49 57 106 2% 75 31 41%

Tagalog 37 57 94 2% 35 59 169%

Serbian 52 41 93 2% 59 34 58%

Samoan 50 42 92 2% 42 50 119%

Portuguese 42 35 77 1% 27 50 185%

Cantonese 26 46 72 1% 30 42 140%

Vietnamese 21 49 70 1% 36 34 94%

Afrikaans 30 36 66 1% 8 58 725%

Russian 25 31 56 1% 27 29 107%

Bengali 22 33 55 1% 10 45 450%

Indonesian 16 38 54 1% 21 33 157%

Thai 17 37 54 1% 24 30 125%

Khmer 19 32 51 1% 11 40 364%

Turkish 30 18 48 1% 25 23 92%

Japanese 13 26 39 1% 12 27 225%

Other Languages(a) 529 513 1,042 20% 464 578 125%

Total LOTE Speakers 2,511 2,690 5,201 100% 2,669 2,532 95%

Speaks English Only 32,747 33,436 66,183 51,986 14,197 27%

Not Stated 1,445 1,347 2,792 2,462 330 13%

Total Persons 36,703 37,473 74,176 57,117 17,059 30%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Cardinia (S): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 8,691 9,038 17,729 39% 13,053 4,676 36%Anglican Church of Australia 5,873 6,769 12,642 28% 10,088 2,554 25%Uniting Church 1,627 1,883 3,510 8% 3,189 321 10%Presbyterian 1,052 1,170 2,222 5% 1,766 456 26%Christian, nfd 906 1,061 1,967 4% 1,065 902 85%Baptist 591 653 1,244 3% 700 544 78%Pentecostal, nfd 374 403 777 2% 288 489 170%Buddhism 331 391 722 2% 258 464 180%Lutheran 206 239 445 1% 382 63 16%Greek Orthodox 218 211 429 1% 293 136 46%Islam 202 186 388 1% 126 262 208%Hinduism 168 147 315 1% 77 238 309%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 134 143 277 1% 80 197 246%Salvation Army 99 100 199 0% 135 64 47%Jehovah's Witnesses 85 106 191 0% 161 30 19%Seventh-day Adventist 77 96 173 0% 120 53 44%Churches of Christ (Conference) 73 88 161 0% 226 -65 -29%Sikhism 76 54 130 0% 15 115 767%Assemblies of God 60 66 126 0% 246 -120 -49%Reformed 47 53 100 0% 77 23 30%Russian Orthodox 44 44 88 0% 41 47 115%Spiritualism 21 61 82 0% 56 26 46%Serbian Orthodox 45 35 80 0% 58 22 38%Judaism 29 33 62 0% 40 22 55%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 36 25 61 0% 31 30 97%Pentecostal, nec 29 26 55 0% 9 46 511%Other Protestant, nfd 28 27 55 0% 54 1 2%Paganism 18 37 55 0% 56 -1 -2%Brethren 27 25 52 0% 38 14 37%Coptic Orthodox Church 22 22 44 0% 3 41 1367%Other religions(a) 653 518 1,171 3% 781 390 50%Total with religion 21,842 23,710 45,552 100% 33,512 12,040 36%No Religion 11,530 10,583 22,113 16,086 6,027 37%Not Stated 3,331 3,180 6,511 7,519 -1,008 -13%Total Persons 36,703 37,473 74,176 57,117 17,059 30%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Cardinia (S): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Italian 60 11% 69 14% -9 -13%

Non-verbal, so described 50 77% 31 45% 19 61%

Mandarin 47 31% 12 27% 35 292%

Portuguese 27 34% 14 54% 13 93%

Sinhalese 27 11% 0 0% 27 -

Romanian 26 15% 7 9% 19 271%

Greek 23 13% 4 4% 19 475%

Croatian 20 13% 24 17% -4 -17%

Arabic 19 9% 0 0% 19 -

Hungarian 17 13% 3 5% 14 467%

Punjabi 15 10% 0 0% 15 -

Khmer 14 26% 0 0% 14 -

Spanish 14 6% 10 10% 4 40%

Serbian 13 14% 6 10% 7 117%

Polish 12 11% 6 8% 6 100%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Casey (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 252,381 100.0 214,961 100.0 37,420 17.4

Australia-born 153,516 60.8 136,486 63.5 17,030 12.5

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 88,110 34.9 65,204 30.3 22,906 35.1

Country of birth not stated 10,760 4.3 13,271 6.2 -2,511 -18.9

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 20,655 8.2 18,057 8.4 2,598 14.4

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 67,450 26.7 47,147 21.9 20,303 43.1

OSB arrived since 2006 18,376 7.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 15,035 6.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 1,401 0.6 1,167 0.5 234 20.1

Language Other than English(e) 75,358 29.9 51,015 23.7 24,343 47.7

Australian citizen 211,189 83.7 182,742 85.0 28,447 15.6

Table 2Casey (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeIndia 5,338 4,971 10,309 12% 4,696 5,613 120%

England 4,434 4,579 9,013 10% 8,655 358 4%

Sri Lanka 3,832 3,720 7,552 9% 4,849 2,703 56%

New Zealand 3,039 2,933 5,972 7% 4,434 1,538 35%

Afghanistan 2,412 2,025 4,437 5% 1,714 2,723 159%

Philippines 1,345 1,978 3,323 4% 2,092 1,231 59%

Mauritius 1,574 1,539 3,113 4% 2,455 658 27%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,143 1,412 2,555 3% 1,530 1,025 67%

South Africa 981 951 1,932 2% 1,448 484 33%

Scotland 928 912 1,840 2% 1,826 14 1%

Fiji 804 874 1,678 2% 1,288 390 30%

Italy 902 770 1,672 2% 1,660 12 1%

Romania 709 690 1,399 2% 1,239 160 13%

Netherlands 695 701 1,396 2% 1,545 -149 -10%

Croatia 684 648 1,332 2% 1,288 44 3%

Cambodia 597 716 1,313 1% 968 345 36%

Poland 618 657 1,275 1% 1,311 -36 -3%

Vietnam 572 650 1,222 1% 1,005 217 22%

Malaysia 565 647 1,212 1% 798 414 52%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 553 589 1,142 1% 951 191 20%

Germany 532 564 1,096 1% 1,107 -11 -1%

Chile 507 550 1,057 1% 948 109 11%

Pakistan 533 484 1,017 1% 526 491 93%

Samoa 458 485 943 1% 607 336 55%

Egypt 481 461 942 1% 666 276 41%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 447 446 893 1% 1,096 -203 -19%

Timor-Leste 422 416 838 1% 849 -11 -1%

Serbia 392 426 818 1% 649 169 26%

Turkey 414 390 804 1% 738 66 9%

Greece 388 372 760 1% 785 -25 -3%

Other countries of birth(a) 7,375 7,880 15,255 17% 11,481 3,769 33%

Total Overseas-born 43,674 44,436 88,110 100% 65,204 22,906 35%

Country of birth not stated 5,490 5,270 10,760 13,271 -2,511 -19%

Born in Australia 76,286 77,230 153,516 136,486 17,030 12%

Total Persons 125,450 126,931 252,381 214,961 37,420 17%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Casey (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

India 3 28 585 2,679 6,703 314 10,312

England 47 1,117 4,076 1,816 1,487 471 9,014

Sri Lanka 4 13 565 3,385 3,407 176 7,550

New Zealand 8 26 536 2,384 2,665 352 5,971

Afghanistan - - 6 1,326 2,930 177 4,439

Philippines - - 122 1,572 1,525 103 3,322

Mauritius - 7 798 1,304 918 87 3,114

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 20 152 879 1,410 94 2,555

South Africa 4 11 261 767 839 50 1,932

Scotland 7 262 816 485 204 67 1,841

Fiji - 3 59 968 604 42 1,676

Italy 15 560 853 80 51 114 1,673

Romania - 10 59 989 307 35 1,400

Netherlands - 957 238 129 39 35 1,398

Croatia - 54 704 387 152 37 1,334 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Casey (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 4,065 39%

Sri Lanka 2,214 29%

Afghanistan 1,605 36%

New Zealand 1,528 26%

Philippines 1,041 31%

England 964 11%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 878 34%

Mauritius 642 21%

South Africa 435 23%

Pakistan 388 38%

Malaysia 338 28%

Fiji 309 18%

Cambodia 242 18%

Samoa 238 25%

Singapore 207 32%

Other countries of birth(d) 3,282 10%

Total 18,376 21%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Casey (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsIndia 774 571 829 5,352 1,416 777 374 218 10,311

England 336 284 230 1,924 2,065 1,749 1,352 1,075 9,015

Sri Lanka 492 318 542 3,245 1,512 868 359 215 7,551

New Zealand 832 877 731 2,000 884 428 156 66 5,974

Afghanistan 286 806 807 1,781 445 197 84 32 4,438

Philippines 272 298 278 1,303 718 305 91 58 3,323

Mauritius 109 111 221 931 759 564 240 179 3,114

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 120 125 207 1,085 517 271 149 82 2,556

South Africa 124 209 138 692 350 223 137 61 1,934

Scotland 36 45 45 299 453 446 298 220 1,842

Fiji 50 107 148 743 363 178 69 19 1,677

Italy 9 11 15 97 318 488 403 332 1,673

Romania 20 42 103 611 322 196 74 32 1,400

Netherlands 7 8 9 95 134 441 388 316 1,398

Croatia - 24 85 268 333 295 225 105 1,335

Table 6Casey (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

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Sinhalese 2,944 2,791 5,735 8% 3,257 2,478 76%

Dari 2,016 1,876 3,892 5% 1,578 2,314 147%

Arabic 1,823 1,777 3,600 5% 2,662 938 35%

Spanish 1,578 1,708 3,286 4% 2,990 296 10%

Hindi 1,623 1,648 3,271 4% 1,846 1,425 77%

Mandarin 1,548 1,718 3,266 4% 1,954 1,312 67%

Italian 1,339 1,383 2,722 4% 2,730 -8 0%

Serbian 1,272 1,264 2,536 3% 2,131 405 19%

Punjabi 1,396 1,136 2,532 3% 749 1,783 238%

Tamil 1,195 1,147 2,342 3% 1,005 1,337 133%

Greek 1,143 1,172 2,315 3% 2,133 182 9%

French 1,110 1,146 2,256 3% 1,729 527 30%

Samoan 893 944 1,837 2% 1,139 698 61%

Khmer 884 938 1,822 2% 1,337 485 36%

Vietnamese 836 883 1,719 2% 1,346 373 28%

Romanian 853 842 1,695 2% 1,445 250 17%

Turkish 789 785 1,574 2% 1,382 192 14%

Cantonese 704 829 1,533 2% 1,178 355 30%

Polish 766 756 1,522 2% 1,561 -39 -2%

Croatian 713 766 1,479 2% 1,485 -6 0%

Tagalog 611 811 1,422 2% 847 575 68%

Malayalam 698 708 1,406 2% 303 1,103 364%

Filipino 568 761 1,329 2% 903 426 47%

Hungarian 540 588 1,128 1% 1,122 6 1%

Hazaraghi 644 463 1,107 1% (b) - -

Urdu 531 456 987 1% 485 502 104%

Pashto 494 455 949 1% 520 429 83%

Hakka 442 431 873 1% 760 113 15%

German 334 404 738 1% 728 10 1%

Indonesian 322 363 685 1% 361 324 90%

Other Languages(a) 6,652 7,148 13,800 18% 9,349 4,451 48%

Total LOTE Speakers 37,261 38,097 75,358 100% 51,015 24,343 48%

Speaks English Only 83,485 84,413 167,898 153,807 14,091 9%

Not Stated 4,704 4,421 9,125 10,139 -1,014 -10%

Total Persons 125,450 126,931 252,381 214,961 37,420 17%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Casey (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 34,457 36,218 70,675 38% 61,367 9,308 15%Anglican Church of Australia 13,483 15,485 28,968 16% 27,245 1,723 6%Islam 7,188 6,670 13,858 8% 7,476 6,382 85%Buddhism 4,852 5,010 9,862 5% 6,414 3,448 54%Uniting Church 3,565 4,355 7,920 4% 7,262 658 9%Christian, nfd 3,368 3,719 7,087 4% 4,059 3,028 75%Hinduism 3,626 3,422 7,048 4% 3,020 4,028 133%Presbyterian 2,927 3,260 6,187 3% 5,413 774 14%Greek Orthodox 2,306 2,295 4,601 2% 3,921 680 17%Baptist 1,958 2,240 4,198 2% 3,494 704 20%Pentecostal, nfd 1,981 2,172 4,153 2% 2,156 1,997 93%Sikhism 1,374 1,094 2,468 1% 827 1,641 198%Serbian Orthodox 884 816 1,700 1% 1,505 195 13%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 634 701 1,335 1% 1,083 252 23%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 617 648 1,265 1% 1,088 177 16%Lutheran 569 635 1,204 1% 1,179 25 2%Seventh-day Adventist 544 605 1,149 1% 914 235 26%Coptic Orthodox Church 433 437 870 0% 461 409 89%Jehovah's Witnesses 370 475 845 0% 774 71 9%Churches of Christ (Conference) 302 341 643 0% 775 -132 -17%Salvation Army 242 330 572 0% 612 -40 -7%Russian Orthodox 227 271 498 0% 465 33 7%Assemblies of God 228 250 478 0% 1,370 -892 -65%Reformed 220 215 435 0% 451 -16 -4%Other Protestant, nfd 170 205 375 0% 236 139 59%Macedonian Orthodox 144 126 270 0% 249 21 8%Born Again Christian 119 148 267 0% 244 23 9%Syrian Orthodox Church 127 128 255 0% 67 188 281%Armenian Apostolic 95 118 213 0% 205 8 4%Christian Revival Crusade 96 115 211 0% 315 -104 -33%Other religions(a) 2,588 2,372 4,960 3% 3,713 1,247 34%Total with religion 89,694 94,876 184,570 100% 148,360 36,210 24%No Religion 26,561 23,339 49,900 43,295 6,605 0.2Not Stated 9,195 8,716 17,911 23,306 -5,395 -0.2Total Persons 125,450 126,931 252,381 214,961 37,420 0.2

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Casey (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Dari 1,175 30% 375 24% 800 213%

Mandarin 1,035 32% 655 34% 380 58%

Khmer 585 32% 412 31% 173 42%

Serbian 529 21% 494 23% 35 7%

Vietnamese 527 31% 477 36% 50 10%

Arabic 423 12% 364 14% 59 16%

Spanish 418 13% 405 14% 13 3%

Hazaraghi 405 37% (c) - - -

Sinhalese 384 7% 266 8% 118 44%

Cantonese 382 25% 292 25% 90 31%

Non-verbal, so described 324 76% 170 47% 154 91%

Turkish 296 19% 257 19% 39 15%

Punjabi 285 11% 93 12% 192 206%

Italian 276 10% 268 10% 8 3%

Tamil 239 10% 76 8% 163 214%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Darebin (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 136,474 100.0 128,063 100.0 8,411 6.6

Australia-born 81,885 60.0 76,531 59.8 5,354 7.0

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 46,085 33.8 40,987 32.0 5,098 12.4

Country of birth not stated 8,504 6.2 10,545 8.2 -2,041 -19.4

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,440 4.7 5,098 4.0 1,342 26.3

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 39,645 29.0 35,889 28.0 3,756 10.5

OSB arrived since 2006 11,800 8.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 10,455 7.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 1,156 0.8 1,110 0.9 46 4.1

Language Other than English(e) 52,874 38.7 49,897 39.0 2,977 6.0

Australian citizen 109,875 80.5 105,604 82.5 4,271 4.0

Table 2Darebin (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeItaly 3,302 3,864 7,166 16% 8,053 -887 -11%

Greece 2,364 2,636 5,000 11% 5,590 -590 -11%

India 2,740 1,706 4,446 10% 2,463 1,983 81%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2,031 2,302 4,333 9% 3,106 1,227 40%

England 1,422 1,189 2,611 6% 2,230 381 17%

Vietnam 1,063 1,270 2,333 5% 2,004 329 16%

New Zealand 925 927 1,852 4% 1,343 509 38%

FYROM 625 689 1,314 3% 1,460 -146 -10%

Lebanon 636 638 1,274 3% 1,402 -128 -9%

Sri Lanka 430 396 826 2% 718 108 15%

Malaysia 354 452 806 2% 534 272 51%

Philippines 241 471 712 2% 634 78 12%

Saudi Arabia 247 229 476 1% 105 371 353%

Scotland 248 223 471 1% 427 44 10%

Germany 216 237 453 1% 373 80 21%

Malta 224 220 444 1% 504 -60 -12%

United States of America 216 225 441 1% 294 147 50%

Ireland 245 175 420 1% 309 111 36%

Croatia 205 207 412 1% 512 -100 -20%

Egypt 193 187 380 1% 450 -70 -16%

Nepal 225 154 379 1% 43 336 781%

Thailand 114 212 326 1% 255 71 28%

Cyprus 143 166 309 1% 344 -35 -10%

Indonesia 130 166 296 1% 246 50 20%

Pakistan 185 103 288 1% 179 109 61%

Bangladesh 168 112 280 1% 208 72 35%

Somalia 129 146 275 1% 334 -59 -18%

Turkey 141 130 271 1% 251 20 8%

Iran 141 124 265 1% 128 137 107%

Singapore 101 159 260 1% 200 60 30%

Other countries of birth(a) 3,384 3,582 6,966 15% 6,288 678 11%

Total Overseas-born 22,788 23,297 46,085 100% 40,987 5,098 13%

Country of birth not stated 4,476 4,028 8,504 10,545 -2,041 -19%

Born in Australia 39,192 42,693 81,885 76,531 5,354 7%

Total Persons 66,456 70,018 136,474 128,063 8,411 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Darebin (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Italy 28 3,418 2,934 167 109 512 7,168

Greece 7 1,071 3,412 197 66 251 5,004

India - 10 109 306 3,852 166 4,443

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 4 43 1,263 2,801 223 4,334

England 21 273 890 623 655 145 2,607

Vietnam - - 369 1,254 609 100 2,332

New Zealand 6 16 240 657 814 120 1,853

FYROM 3 104 758 320 87 44 1,316

Lebanon - 57 638 368 116 95 1,274

Sri Lanka - 12 66 282 429 36 825

Malaysia - 10 77 260 434 27 808

Philippines - 4 36 340 288 41 709

Saudi Arabia - - - 11 432 33 476

Scotland 10 81 154 114 87 26 472

Germany - 128 72 94 142 18 454 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Darebin (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 3,301 74%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2,022 47%

New Zealand 492 27%

Vietnam 487 21%

Saudi Arabia 412 87%

England 391 15%

Sri Lanka 348 42%

Malaysia 324 40%

Nepal 322 85%

Philippines 218 31%

Pakistan 173 60%

Bangladesh 173 62%

Iran 170 65%

Thailand 159 49%

United States of America 131 30%

Other countries of birth(d) 2,677 10%

Total 11,800 26%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsItaly 14 7 16 228 543 1,343 2,203 2,814 7,168

Greece 16 16 23 235 570 1,050 1,759 1,332 5,001

India 209 54 1,147 2,730 119 87 57 40 4,443

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 100 157 1,441 1,450 623 328 106 129 4,334

England 120 36 96 1,037 559 373 201 187 2,609

Vietnam 38 51 273 955 546 289 106 73 2,331

New Zealand 73 54 184 1,037 285 140 52 28 1,853

FYROM 3 10 36 267 229 352 230 188 1,315

Lebanon 9 20 45 342 301 270 178 108 1,273

Sri Lanka 43 28 110 380 118 85 30 31 825

Malaysia 64 28 141 340 100 92 28 14 807

Philippines 37 30 62 296 137 97 33 17 709

Saudi Arabia 138 15 85 232 3 3 - - 476

Scotland 11 8 12 146 85 68 60 83 473

Germany 22 11 25 158 68 78 51 41 454

Table 6Darebin (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 5,205 6,155 11,360 21% 12,809 -1,449 -11%

Greek 4,919 5,206 10,125 19% 10,895 -770 -7%

Arabic 2,232 2,066 4,298 8% 4,103 195 5%

Mandarin 1,999 2,169 4,168 8% 3,040 1,128 37%

Vietnamese 1,358 1,566 2,924 6% 2,562 362 14%

Macedonian 1,184 1,264 2,448 5% 2,716 -268 -10%

Cantonese 787 928 1,715 3% 1,648 67 4%

Punjabi 940 549 1,489 3% 538 951 177%

Hindi 869 592 1,461 3% 1,012 449 44%

Spanish 456 489 945 2% 671 274 41%

Croatian 258 271 529 1% 601 -72 -12%

Sinhalese 279 246 525 1% 408 117 29%

Somali 234 245 479 1% 456 23 5%

Gujarati 261 180 441 1% 110 331 301%

Tamil 206 218 424 1% 324 100 31%

French 209 214 423 1% 279 144 52%

Chinese, nfd 193 211 404 1% 175 229 131%

Turkish 206 188 394 1% 398 -4 -1%

Serbian 186 191 377 1% 424 -47 -11%

German 164 211 375 1% 261 114 44%

Maltese 170 200 370 1% 426 -56 -13%

Urdu 229 139 368 1% 252 116 46%

Nepali 209 155 364 1% 49 315 643%

Bengali 188 148 336 1% 236 100 42%

Albanian 134 152 286 1% 327 -41 -13%

Thai 109 173 282 1% 230 52 23%

Filipino 97 179 276 1% 249 27 11%

Tagalog 101 169 270 1% 227 43 19%

Indonesian 122 145 267 1% 243 24 10%

Malayalam 144 110 254 0% 131 123 94%

Other Languages(a) 2,183 2,314 4,497 9% 4,097 400 10%

Total LOTE Speakers 25,831 27,043 52,874 100% 49,897 2,977 6%

Speaks English Only 36,692 39,557 76,249 69,713 6,536 9%

Not Stated 3,933 3,418 7,351 8,453 -1,102 -13%

Total Persons 66,456 70,018 136,474 128,063 8,411 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Darebin (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 18,129 20,810 38,939 43% 40,446 -1,507 -4%Greek Orthodox 6,268 6,535 12,803 14% 13,273 -470 -4%Anglican Church of Australia 3,362 4,267 7,629 8% 8,988 -1,359 -15%Islam 3,183 2,828 6,011 7% 4,848 1,163 24%Buddhism 2,108 2,533 4,641 5% 4,070 571 14%Hinduism 1,946 1,309 3,255 4% 1,914 1,341 70%Uniting Church 957 1,366 2,323 3% 2,674 -351 -13%Macedonian Orthodox 795 848 1,643 2% 1,805 -162 -9%Presbyterian 696 874 1,570 2% 1,760 -190 -11%Christian, nfd 695 818 1,513 2% 1,115 398 36%Sikhism 822 518 1,340 1% 558 782 140%Baptist 465 554 1,019 1% 973 46 5%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 467 496 963 1% 907 56 6%Maronite Catholic 300 285 585 1% 449 136 30%Lutheran 188 236 424 0% 438 -14 -3%Pentecostal, nfd 145 201 346 0% 231 115 50%Jehovah's Witnesses 133 202 335 0% 311 24 8%Serbian Orthodox 115 122 237 0% 329 -92 -28%Salvation Army 86 147 233 0% 282 -49 -17%Judaism 85 118 203 0% 168 35 21%Coptic Orthodox Church 86 85 171 0% 155 16 10%Churches of Christ (Conference) 54 108 162 0% 187 -25 -13%Seventh-day Adventist 70 76 146 0% 151 -5 -3%Antiochian Orthodox 63 72 135 0% 169 -34 -20%Other Protestant, nfd 60 74 134 0% 163 -29 -18%Paganism 43 89 132 0% 186 -54 -29%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 63 64 127 0% 159 -32 -20%Russian Orthodox 36 47 83 0% 109 -26 -24%Assemblies of God 18 40 58 0% 172 -114 -66%Born Again Christian 20 34 54 0% 51 3 6%Other religions(a) 1,538 1,088 2,626 3% 2,342 284 12%Total with religion 42,996 46,844 89,840 100% 89,383 457 1%No Religion 17,452 17,613 35,065 24,628 10,437 42%Not Stated 6,008 5,561 11,569 14,052 -2,483 -18%Total Persons 66,456 70,018 136,474 128,063 8,411 7%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Darebin (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Italian 2,535 22% 2,889 23% -354 -12%

Greek 2,323 23% 2,637 24% -314 -12%

Mandarin 1,141 27% 901 30% 240 27%

Vietnamese 847 29% 866 34% -19 -2%

Arabic 808 19% 695 17% 113 16%

Cantonese 571 33% 577 35% -6 -1%

Macedonian 506 21% 605 22% -99 -16%

Non-verbal, so described 157 76% 147 54% 10 7%

Chinese, nfd 127 32% 55 31% 72 131%

Croatian 96 18% 130 22% -34 -26%

Spanish 91 10% 98 15% -7 -7%

Somali 91 19% 85 19% 6 7%

Turkish 87 22% 78 20% 9 12%

Punjabi 85 6% 33 6% 52 158%

Hindi 80 5% 37 4% 43 116%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Frankston (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 126,458 100.0 117,804 100.0 8,654 7.3

Australia-born 91,795 72.6 84,693 71.9 7,102 8.4

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 27,588 21.8 24,555 20.8 3,033 12.4

Country of birth not stated 7,078 5.6 8,556 7.3 -1,478 -17.3

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 14,642 11.6 14,118 12.0 524 3.7

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 12,943 10.2 10,437 8.9 2,506 24.0

OSB arrived since 2006 4,174 3.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 2,468 2.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 1,011 0.8 748 0.6 263 35.2

Language Other than English(e) 12,910 10.2 9,691 8.2 3,219 33.2

Australian citizen 108,322 85.7 100,164 85.0 8,158 8.1

Table 2Frankston (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 3,889 4,037 7,926 29% 8,096 -170 -2%

New Zealand 1,449 1,433 2,882 10% 2,480 402 16%

Scotland 711 816 1,527 6% 1,577 -50 -3%

India 667 630 1,297 5% 651 646 99%

Philippines 258 598 856 3% 569 287 50%

Germany 407 405 812 3% 805 7 1%

Netherlands 384 422 806 3% 837 -31 -4%

South Africa 343 404 747 3% 528 219 41%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 252 358 610 2% 334 276 83%

Italy 345 262 607 2% 608 -1 0%

Sri Lanka 292 289 581 2% 466 115 25%

Ireland 246 242 488 2% 445 43 10%

Greece 208 185 393 1% 403 -10 -2%

Poland 194 192 386 1% 306 80 26%

United States of America 155 190 345 1% 271 74 27%

Mauritius 160 172 332 1% 225 107 48%

Fiji 142 167 309 1% 204 105 51%

Malaysia 112 183 295 1% 207 88 43%

Croatia 139 143 282 1% 275 7 3%

Wales 133 137 270 1% 269 1 0%

Northern Ireland 119 126 245 1% 276 -31 -11%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 130 109 239 1% 238 1 0%

Canada 88 97 185 1% 155 30 19%

Russian Federation 67 110 177 1% 117 60 51%

Chile 86 85 171 1% 178 -7 -4%

Egypt 83 83 166 1% 161 5 3%

Zimbabwe 83 83 166 1% 98 68 69%

Thailand 29 134 163 1% 90 73 81%

Afghanistan 78 85 163 1% 186 -23 -12%

Lebanon 95 65 160 1% 141 19 13%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,910 2,092 4,002 15% 3,359 640 19%

Total Overseas-born 13,254 14,334 27,588 100% 24,555 3,033 12%

Country of birth not stated 3,499 3,579 7,078 8,556 -1,478 -17%

Born in Australia 45,100 46,695 91,795 84,693 7,102 8%

Total Persons 61,851 64,607 126,458 117,804 8,654 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Frankston (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

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1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

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Total Persons

England 38 1,151 3,797 1,486 1,074 380 7,926

New Zealand 4 33 496 1,181 990 179 2,883

Scotland 14 260 693 326 158 78 1,529

India - 28 143 247 835 42 1,295

Philippines - - 37 397 385 38 857

Germany - 334 219 164 78 16 811

Netherlands - 547 146 49 38 28 808

South Africa - 7 111 229 388 12 747

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 5 21 165 384 34 612

Italy 8 262 237 35 20 45 607

Sri Lanka - 25 130 212 185 28 580

Ireland 3 45 200 147 71 19 485

Greece - 100 234 29 14 15 392

Poland - 33 74 233 36 12 388

United States of America 3 13 55 116 150 9 346 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Frankston (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 629 49%

England 612 8%

New Zealand 582 20%

Philippines 254 30%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 250 41%

South Africa 192 26%

Sri Lanka 135 23%

Scotland 103 7%

United States of America 90 26%

Zimbabwe 74 45%

Mauritius 69 21%

Fiji 66 21%

Malaysia 65 22%

Thailand 60 37%

Ireland 58 12%

Other countries of birth(d) 935 10%

Total 4,174 15%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 215 163 181 1,386 1,733 1,610 1,398 1,240 7,926

New Zealand 208 251 260 1,054 537 390 132 50 2,882

Scotland 38 21 35 226 318 328 317 246 1,529

India 102 61 97 638 177 96 76 49 1,296

Philippines 50 70 69 360 167 103 25 11 855

Germany 17 29 17 101 123 186 197 140 810

Netherlands 9 4 3 43 71 194 204 279 807

South Africa 50 64 63 276 136 81 41 35 746

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 27 51 60 282 99 48 23 19 609

Italy 3 3 - 45 74 165 172 145 607

Sri Lanka 25 16 25 208 138 79 58 31 580

Ireland 13 6 17 118 77 108 73 72 484

Greece 6 5 - 33 66 84 127 71 392

Poland 3 9 13 107 73 103 46 32 386

United States of America 31 24 29 119 56 47 26 11 343

Table 6Frankston (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

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Greek 530 502 1,032 8% 941 91 10%

Italian 459 443 902 7% 864 38 4%

Mandarin 293 365 658 5% 368 290 79%

German 274 309 583 5% 521 62 12%

Spanish 272 301 573 4% 507 66 13%

Arabic 263 227 490 4% 394 96 24%

Dutch 187 276 463 4% 392 71 18%

Malayalam 207 221 428 3% 129 299 232%

Hindi 201 216 417 3% 265 152 57%

Russian 167 234 401 3% 234 167 71%

Polish 189 195 384 3% 314 70 22%

Tagalog 105 212 317 2% 224 93 42%

French 130 187 317 2% 227 90 40%

Filipino 104 199 303 2% 184 119 65%

Tamil 150 150 300 2% 176 124 70%

Serbian 148 140 288 2% 202 86 43%

Croatian 135 153 288 2% 257 31 12%

Cantonese 132 149 281 2% 222 59 27%

Sinhalese 139 132 271 2% 174 97 56%

Bosnian 128 120 248 2% 256 -8 -3%

Dari 94 112 206 2% 191 15 8%

Hungarian 92 89 181 1% 167 14 8%

Thai 45 116 161 1% 55 106 193%

Afrikaans 74 83 157 1% 101 56 55%

Punjabi 88 67 155 1% 12 143 1192%

Vietnamese 64 85 149 1% 91 58 64%

Samoan 67 68 135 1% 124 11 9%

Turkish 66 66 132 1% 78 54 69%

Shona 56 56 112 1% 43 69 160%

Auslan 54 55 109 1% 94 15 16%

Other Languages(a) 1,216 1,253 2,469 19% 1,884 585 31%

Total LOTE Speakers 6,129 6,781 12,910 100% 9,691 3,219 33%

Speaks English Only 52,722 54,846 107,568 101,315 6,253 6%

Not Stated 3,000 2,980 5,980 6,798 -818 -12%

Total Persons 61,851 64,607 126,458 117,804 8,654 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Frankston (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 13,841 15,296 29,137 37% 26,526 2,611 10%Anglican Church of Australia 10,031 11,788 21,819 28% 22,184 -365 -2%Uniting Church 2,043 2,732 4,775 6% 4,676 99 2%Presbyterian 1,832 2,200 4,032 5% 3,811 221 6%Christian, nfd 1,306 1,560 2,866 4% 1,806 1,060 59%Baptist 839 1,038 1,877 2% 1,807 70 4%Greek Orthodox 965 870 1,835 2% 1,575 260 17%Buddhism 637 844 1,481 2% 881 600 68%Pentecostal, nfd 503 607 1,110 1% 492 618 126%Islam 531 478 1,009 1% 778 231 30%Hinduism 504 494 998 1% 534 464 87%Lutheran 355 420 775 1% 802 -27 -3%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 268 279 547 1% 482 65 13%Jehovah's Witnesses 216 275 491 1% 476 15 3%Salvation Army 125 150 275 0% 300 -25 -8%Judaism 121 130 251 0% 137 114 83%Seventh-day Adventist 116 113 229 0% 177 52 29%Churches of Christ (Conference) 92 136 228 0% 272 -44 -16%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 95 105 200 0% 151 49 32%Russian Orthodox 67 112 179 0% 146 33 23%Serbian Orthodox 86 91 177 0% 162 15 9%Other Protestant, nfd 83 91 174 0% 127 47 37%Reformed 63 80 143 0% 158 -15 -9%Sikhism 83 56 139 0% 10 129 1290%Paganism 37 96 133 0% 115 18 16%Spiritualism 40 91 131 0% 83 48 58%Wiccan/Witchcraft 26 82 108 0% 83 25 30%Assemblies of God 44 57 101 0% 281 -180 -64%Born Again Christian 34 46 80 0% 86 -6 -7%Syrian Orthodox Church 43 31 74 0% 18 56 311%Other religions(a) 1,379 1,002 2,381 3% 2,227 154 7%Total with religion 36,405 41,350 77,755 100% 71,363 6,392 9%No Religion 19,323 17,185 36,508 30,347 6,161 20%Not Stated 6,123 6,072 12,195 16,094 -3,899 -24%Total Persons 61,851 64,607 126,458 117,804 8,654 7%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Frankston (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

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2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 153 23% 92 25% 61 66%

Greek 96 9% 109 12% -13 -12%

Russian 91 23% 43 19% 48 112%

Non-verbal, so described 75 80% 78 49% -3 -4%

Spanish 68 12% 57 11% 11 19%

Cantonese 67 24% 46 21% 21 46%

Italian 64 7% 73 8% -9 -12%

Arabic 62 13% 48 12% 14 29%

Bosnian 59 24% 73 28% -14 -19%

Serbian 52 18% 33 16% 19 58%

Malayalam 51 12% 24 19% 27 113%

Vietnamese 40 27% 13 14% 27 208%

Tamil 36 12% 26 15% 10 38%

Polish 34 9% 36 11% -2 -6%

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(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Glen Eira (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 131,015 100.0 124,084 100.0 6,931 5.6

Australia-born 78,993 60.3 75,193 60.6 3,800 5.1

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 45,936 35.1 39,532 31.9 6,404 16.2

Country of birth not stated 6,096 4.7 9,359 7.5 -3,263 -34.9

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 11,099 8.5 9,760 7.9 1,339 13.7

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 34,830 26.6 29,772 24.0 5,058 17.0

OSB arrived since 2006 11,680 8.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 9,697 7.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 232 0.2 167 0.1 65 38.9

Language Other than English(e) 38,552 29.4 32,198 25.9 6,354 19.7

Australian citizen 108,206 82.6 103,455 83.4 4,751 4.6

Table 2Glen Eira (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeIndia 2,877 2,112 4,989 11% 2,724 2,265 83%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,844 2,393 4,237 9% 2,799 1,438 51%

England 1,944 1,785 3,729 8% 3,521 208 6%

South Africa 1,468 1,559 3,027 7% 2,554 473 19%

Greece 1,025 1,154 2,179 5% 2,382 -203 -9%

Israel 1,143 908 2,051 5% 1,624 427 26%

New Zealand 949 957 1,906 4% 1,643 263 16%

Poland 766 1,081 1,847 4% 2,173 -326 -15%

Ukraine 779 871 1,650 4% 1,486 164 11%

Russian Federation 641 842 1,483 3% 1,681 -198 -12%

Italy 572 587 1,159 3% 1,238 -79 -6%

Sri Lanka 465 504 969 2% 948 21 2%

Germany 458 496 954 2% 939 15 2%

Malaysia 403 517 920 2% 737 183 25%

United States of America 406 452 858 2% 642 216 34%

Korea, Republic of (South) 310 342 652 1% 433 219 51%

Scotland 314 302 616 1% 638 -22 -3%

Inadequately described 301 310 611 1% 766 -155 -20%

Vietnam 249 312 561 1% 380 181 48%

Japan 180 343 523 1% 427 96 22%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 258 257 515 1% 497 18 4%

Indonesia 238 266 504 1% 562 -58 -10%

Hungary 217 287 504 1% 602 -98 -16%

Philippines 165 305 470 1% 381 89 23%

Ireland 261 206 467 1% 333 134 40%

France 221 241 462 1% 307 155 50%

Singapore 145 194 339 1% 273 66 24%

Belarus 157 175 332 1% 251 81 32%

Egypt 153 168 321 1% 345 -24 -7%

Mauritius 145 165 310 1% 174 136 78%

Other countries of birth(a) 3,162 3,619 6,781 15% 6,072 709 12%

Total Overseas-born 22,216 23,710 45,926 100% 39,532 6,394 17%

Country of birth not stated 3,112 2,984 6,096 9,359 -3,263 -35%

Born in Australia 38,431 40,562 78,993 75,193 3,800 5%

Total Persons 63,759 67,256 131,015 124,084 6,931 6%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Glen Eira (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

India 3 38 315 515 3,982 138 4,991

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 49 68 1,077 2,865 175 4,234

England 57 590 1,268 775 867 175 3,732

South Africa 3 18 270 1,732 955 49 3,027

Greece 16 550 1,448 50 25 91 2,180

Israel 24 226 303 530 893 75 2,051

New Zealand 13 34 370 693 709 87 1,906

Poland 108 911 295 342 57 134 1,847

Ukraine - 25 337 1,101 161 25 1,649

Russian Federation 4 75 280 834 236 55 1,484

Italy 10 568 403 51 49 80 1,161

Sri Lanka - 28 297 269 349 27 970

Germany 75 451 135 129 128 34 952

Malaysia 4 10 156 337 393 22 922

United States of America 3 18 138 268 396 37 860 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Glen Eira (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 3,242 65%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2,123 50%

Israel 537 26%

England 526 14%

New Zealand 437 23%

South Africa 424 14%

Korea, Republic of (South) 358 55%

Sri Lanka 253 26%

United States of America 253 30%

Malaysia 241 26%

Japan 219 42%

Indonesia 204 41%

Vietnam 180 32%

Ireland 171 37%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 150 29%

Other countries of birth(d) 2,362 12%

Total 11,680 25%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Glen Eira (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsIndia 304 85 881 3,008 289 180 130 114 4,991

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 84 184 1,407 1,488 588 243 144 99 4,237

England 189 91 113 1,046 709 655 416 511 3,730

South Africa 111 245 221 1,051 603 380 206 208 3,025

Greece 7 8 7 104 223 411 811 607 2,178

Israel 250 174 110 730 277 341 111 58 2,051

New Zealand 119 104 144 795 375 222 85 61 1,905

Poland 3 4 13 135 135 370 230 958 1,848

Ukraine 7 25 97 485 297 325 227 185 1,648

Russian Federation 20 29 88 426 276 260 237 147 1,483

Italy 6 - 16 81 127 229 286 415 1,160

Sri Lanka 17 11 83 379 160 137 87 94 968

Germany 26 14 21 144 81 276 137 254 953

Malaysia 27 45 126 391 142 110 44 38 923

United States of America 132 62 74 298 145 97 31 19 858

Table 6Glen Eira (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Greek 2,814 3,070 5,884 15% 5,780 104 2%

Russian 2,370 2,637 5,007 13% 4,821 186 4%

Mandarin 1,886 2,376 4,262 11% 2,855 1,407 49%

Hebrew 1,550 1,508 3,058 8% 2,422 636 26%

Italian 940 1,046 1,986 5% 2,087 -101 -5%

Cantonese 725 827 1,552 4% 1,502 50 3%

Hindi 780 560 1,340 3% 793 547 69%

Yiddish 485 555 1,040 3% 1,003 37 4%

Polish 392 594 986 3% 1,144 -158 -14%

Gujarati 550 414 964 3% 182 782 430%

French 406 468 874 2% 585 289 49%

Japanese 302 388 690 2% 510 180 35%

Spanish 330 353 683 2% 484 199 41%

Korean 330 352 682 2% 438 244 56%

German 297 378 675 2% 639 36 6%

Telugu 387 242 629 2% 351 278 79%

Vietnamese 287 301 588 2% 400 188 47%

Punjabi 323 175 498 1% 169 329 195%

Hungarian 177 289 466 1% 585 -119 -20%

Indonesian 226 229 455 1% 482 -27 -6%

Tamil 250 174 424 1% 317 107 34%

Arabic 220 198 418 1% 444 -26 -6%

Sinhalese 213 198 411 1% 348 63 18%

Serbian 162 193 355 1% 270 85 31%

Chinese, nfd 172 168 340 1% 131 209 160%

Thai 73 150 223 1% 178 45 25%

Tagalog 70 130 200 1% 127 73 57%

Malayalam 110 88 198 1% 75 123 164%

Croatian 87 96 183 0% 220 -37 -17%

Portuguese 90 89 179 0% 107 72 67%

Other Languages(a) 1,558 1,744 3,302 9% 2,749 553 20%

Total LOTE Speakers 18,562 19,990 38,552 100% 32,198 6,354 20%

Speaks English Only 42,359 44,660 87,019 83,864 3,155 4%

Not Stated 2,838 2,606 5,444 8,022 -2,578 -32%

Total Persons 63,759 67,256 131,015 124,084 6,931 6%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Glen Eira (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 12,194 14,067 26,261 29% 26,251 10 0%Judaism 11,928 12,844 24,772 27% 22,060 2,712 12%Anglican Church of Australia 4,968 6,086 11,054 12% 12,040 -986 -8%Greek Orthodox 3,701 3,858 7,559 8% 7,217 342 5%Hinduism 2,355 1,698 4,053 4% 2,095 1,958 93%Uniting Church 1,567 2,228 3,795 4% 4,488 -693 -15%Buddhism 1,241 1,560 2,801 3% 2,322 479 21%Presbyterian 889 1,076 1,965 2% 2,313 -348 -15%Christian, nfd 554 695 1,249 1% 1,081 168 16%Islam 515 429 944 1% 671 273 41%Baptist 368 492 860 1% 880 -20 -2%Lutheran 259 342 601 1% 635 -34 -5%Russian Orthodox 187 318 505 1% 488 17 3%Sikhism 309 176 485 1% 222 263 118%Pentecostal, nfd 167 217 384 0% 179 205 115%Jehovah's Witnesses 106 132 238 0% 199 39 20%Serbian Orthodox 110 127 237 0% 216 21 10%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 104 118 222 0% 192 30 16%Other Protestant, nfd 59 67 126 0% 77 49 64%Churches of Christ (Conference) 54 66 120 0% 148 -28 -19%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 53 55 108 0% 89 19 21%Salvation Army 27 68 95 0% 122 -27 -22%Seventh-day Adventist 32 45 77 0% 91 -14 -15%Armenian Apostolic 33 35 68 0% 61 7 11%Coptic Orthodox Church 34 32 66 0% 83 -17 -20%Jainism 30 34 64 0% 14 50 357%Macedonian Orthodox 33 29 62 0% 62 0 0%Temple Society 26 29 55 0% 45 10 22%Spiritualism 23 29 52 0% 51 1 2%Baha'i 23 28 51 0% 30 21 70%Other religions(a) 1,079 846 1,925 2% 1,810 115 6%Total with religion 43,028 47,826 90,854 100% 86,232 4,622 5%No Religion 15,613 14,425 30,038 23,207 6,831 29%Not Stated 5,118 5,005 10,123 14,645 -4,522 -31%Total Persons 63,759 67,256 131,015 124,084 6,931 6%

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Table 8Glen Eira (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 997 17% 985 17% 12 1%

Russian 895 18% 918 19% -23 -3%

Mandarin 751 18% 481 17% 270 56%

Cantonese 239 15% 275 18% -36 -13%

Italian 219 11% 250 12% -31 -12%

Korean 197 29% 169 38% 28 17%

Japanese 159 23% 142 28% 17 12%

Non-verbal, so described 127 68% 103 43% 24 23%

Hebrew 115 4% 85 4% 30 35%

Vietnamese 93 16% 64 16% 29 45%

Polish 90 9% 98 9% -8 -8%

Chinese, nfd 89 26% 36 27% 53 147%

Yiddish 81 8% 56 6% 25 45%

Gujarati 67 7% 9 5% 58 644%

Hindi 55 4% 13 2% 42 323%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Greater Dandenong (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 135,605 100.0 125,516 100.0 10,089 8.0

Australia-born 51,612 38.1 50,705 40.4 907 1.8

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 76,127 56.1 64,577 51.4 11,550 17.9

Country of birth not stated 7,866 5.8 10,234 8.2 -2,368 -23.1

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 5,780 4.3 6,241 5.0 -461 -7.4

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 70,347 51.9 58,336 46.5 12,011 20.6

OSB arrived since 2006 20,135 14.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 19,366 14.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 492 0.4 486 0.4 6 1.2

Language Other than English(e) 83,028 61.2 69,325 55.2 13,703 19.8

Australian citizen 101,225 74.6 99,330 79.1 1,895 1.9

Table 2Greater Dandenong (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeVietnam 5,467 6,270 11,737 15% 10,608 1,129 11%

India 5,738 4,273 10,011 13% 3,822 6,189 162%

Sri Lanka 3,009 2,772 5,781 8% 3,831 1,950 51%

Cambodia 2,517 2,921 5,438 7% 4,678 760 16%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,525 1,810 3,335 4% 2,691 644 24%

Afghanistan 1,605 915 2,520 3% 1,679 841 50%

New Zealand 1,134 1,083 2,217 3% 2,065 152 7%

Italy 976 1,093 2,069 3% 2,346 -277 -12%

England 1,030 1,016 2,046 3% 2,445 -399 -16%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 945 941 1,886 2% 2,047 -161 -8%

Greece 877 904 1,781 2% 1,965 -184 -9%

Mauritius 817 815 1,632 2% 1,455 177 12%

Philippines 610 948 1,558 2% 1,151 407 35%

Croatia 538 523 1,061 1% 1,276 -215 -17%

FYROM 522 506 1,028 1% 1,049 -21 -2%

Pakistan 530 389 919 1% 399 520 130%

Turkey 456 453 909 1% 918 -9 -1%

Poland 372 492 864 1% 1,039 -175 -17%

Thailand 342 511 853 1% 636 217 34%

Sudan 428 423 851 1% 1,655 -804 -49%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 383 416 799 1% 1,016 -217 -21%

Serbia 358 413 771 1% 845 -74 -9%

Malaysia 346 387 733 1% 605 128 21%

Chile 329 337 666 1% 729 -63 -9%

Fiji 288 336 624 1% 558 66 12%

Germany 296 312 608 1% 722 -114 -16%

Lebanon 295 309 604 1% 657 -53 -8%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

299 277 576 1% 193 383 198%

Egypt 272 258 530 1% 516 14 3%

Scotland 245 264 509 1% 656 -147 -22%

Other countries of birth(a) 5,501 5,710 11,211 15% 10,325 886 9%

Total Overseas-born 38,050 38,077 76,127 100% 64,577 11,550 18%

Country of birth not stated 4,154 3,712 7,866 10,234 -2,368 -23%

Born in Australia 26,317 25,295 51,612 50,705 907 2%

Total Persons 68,521 67,084 135,605 125,516 10,089 8%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Greater Dandenong (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

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2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Vietnam - 3 1,077 7,591 2,478 589 11,738

India - 26 548 1,323 7,751 362 10,010

Sri Lanka 3 31 554 1,979 3,016 200 5,783

Cambodia - - 183 3,282 1,740 233 5,438

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 29 157 1,410 1,598 141 3,335

Afghanistan - - - 354 2,011 154 2,519

New Zealand 5 8 199 926 929 150 2,217

Italy 12 848 979 60 18 150 2,067

England 18 429 1,083 240 140 135 2,045

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 5 153 1,309 370 48 1,885

Greece 5 222 1,293 131 53 76 1,780

Mauritius 3 3 579 490 502 53 1,630

Philippines - - 57 751 694 55 1,557

Croatia - 42 403 392 191 32 1,060

FYROM - 3 336 480 145 61 1,025 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Greater Dandenong (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 6,524 65%

Sri Lanka 2,414 42%

Vietnam 1,569 13%

Afghanistan 1,424 57%

Cambodia 1,003 18%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 954 29%

Pakistan 579 63%

New Zealand 561 25%

Philippines 467 30%

Mauritius 421 26%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 386 67%

Iraq 257 56%

Thailand 247 29%

Sudan 229 27%

Malaysia 175 24%

Other countries of birth(d) 2,925 11%

Total 20,135 26%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Greater Dandenong (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsVietnam 176 307 818 4,847 2,883 1,639 544 523 11,737

India 665 332 1,908 5,305 635 539 336 292 10,012

Sri Lanka 341 223 549 2,413 774 704 444 335 5,783

Cambodia 101 263 575 2,356 1,010 698 290 147 5,440

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 68 139 450 1,081 643 373 258 325 3,337

Afghanistan 172 436 490 1,126 190 68 24 12 2,518

New Zealand 325 372 359 650 254 165 58 35 2,218

Italy 9 7 9 62 156 421 594 811 2,069

England 40 20 25 236 294 441 476 513 2,045

Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 85 266 557 453 270 173 67 1,887

Greece 14 18 23 118 217 466 604 322 1,782

Mauritius 56 37 105 438 244 323 220 208 1,631

Philippines 103 143 151 572 338 174 48 29 1,558

Croatia 3 26 91 196 202 232 180 131 1,061

FYROM 4 13 56 382 219 175 114 62 1,025

Table 6Greater Dandenong (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

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Vietnamese 7,164 7,695 14,859 18% 13,055 1,804 14%

Khmer 2,909 3,249 6,158 7% 5,161 997 19%

Cantonese 2,314 2,409 4,723 6% 4,616 107 2%

Punjabi 2,455 1,434 3,889 5% 398 3,491 877%

Greek 1,870 1,945 3,815 5% 3,876 -61 -2%

Sinhalese 1,844 1,637 3,481 4% 1,735 1,746 101%

Mandarin 1,644 1,804 3,448 4% 2,871 577 20%

Arabic 1,570 1,484 3,054 4% 3,259 -205 -6%

Italian 1,342 1,510 2,852 3% 3,334 -482 -14%

Serbian 1,349 1,297 2,646 3% 2,867 -221 -8%

Tamil 1,172 1,036 2,208 3% 1,300 908 70%

Dari 1,070 773 1,843 2% 1,531 312 20%

Hindi 963 831 1,794 2% 921 873 95%

Turkish 902 859 1,761 2% 1,669 92 6%

Albanian 882 854 1,736 2% 1,598 138 9%

Spanish 832 870 1,702 2% 1,935 -233 -12%

Bosnian 711 713 1,424 2% 1,464 -40 -3%

French 551 614 1,165 1% 1,107 58 5%

Hazaraghi 670 298 968 1% (b) - -

Polish 421 534 955 1% 1,192 -237 -20%

Croatian 441 479 920 1% 1,043 -123 -12%

Urdu 458 355 813 1% 339 474 140%

Malayalam 416 392 808 1% 254 554 218%

Min Nan 345 423 768 1% 677 91 13%

Tagalog 315 417 732 1% 465 267 57%

Burmese 330 346 676 1% 201 475 236%

Samoan 334 340 674 1% 682 -8 -1%

Russian 231 334 565 1% 599 -34 -6%

Filipino 222 320 542 1% 439 103 23%

Hungarian 253 287 540 1% 631 -91 -14%

Other Languages(a) 5,695 5,814 11,509 14% 10,106 1,403 14%

Total LOTE Speakers 41,675 41,353 83,028 100% 69,325 13,703 20%

Speaks English Only 23,161 22,561 45,722 48,271 -2,549 -5%

Not Stated 3,685 3,170 6,855 7,920 -1,065 -14%

Total Persons 68,521 67,084 135,605 125,516 10,089 8%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Greater Dandenong (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 15,785 16,804 32,589 30% 33,563 -974 -3%Buddhism 10,676 11,496 22,172 20% 18,766 3,406 18%Islam 7,300 6,309 13,609 12% 9,872 3,737 38%Anglican Church of Australia 3,532 3,959 7,491 7% 8,706 -1,215 -14%Hinduism 3,016 2,374 5,390 5% 2,550 2,840 111%Greek Orthodox 2,440 2,523 4,963 5% 5,031 -68 -1%Sikhism 2,262 1,362 3,624 3% 357 3,267 915%Uniting Church 1,175 1,545 2,720 2% 3,125 -405 -13%Christian, nfd 1,220 1,314 2,534 2% 1,802 732 41%Presbyterian 1,076 1,198 2,274 2% 2,656 -382 -14%Serbian Orthodox 897 852 1,749 2% 2,121 -372 -18%Baptist 724 801 1,525 1% 1,382 143 10%Pentecostal, nfd 662 700 1,362 1% 705 657 93%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 496 487 983 1% 964 19 2%Seventh-day Adventist 278 283 561 1% 579 -18 -3%Lutheran 260 261 521 0% 624 -103 -17%Jehovah's Witnesses 204 284 488 0% 476 12 3%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 200 216 416 0% 459 -43 -9%Russian Orthodox 155 238 393 0% 478 -85 -18%Coptic Orthodox Church 132 124 256 0% 211 45 21%Macedonian Orthodox 131 113 244 0% 307 -63 -21%Other Protestant, nfd 108 127 235 0% 209 26 12%Assemblies of God 90 119 209 0% 614 -405 -66%Churches of Christ (Conference) 94 110 204 0% 273 -69 -25%Salvation Army 59 102 161 0% 174 -13 -7%Judaism 75 75 150 0% 109 41 38%Armenian Apostolic 78 70 148 0% 154 -6 -4%Druse 73 66 139 0% 171 -32 -19%Reformed 59 71 130 0% 188 -58 -31%Born Again Christian 57 66 123 0% 103 20 19%Other religions(a) 1,251 999 2,250 2% 1,935 315 16%Total with religion 54,565 55,048 109,613 100% 98,664 10,949 11%No Religion 8,792 7,449 16,241 14,639 1,602 11%Not Stated 5,164 4,587 9,751 12,213 -2,462 -20%Total Persons 68,521 67,084 135,605 125,516 10,089 8%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Greater Dandenong (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Vietnamese 5,551 37% 5,121 39% 430 8%

Khmer 2,363 38% 2,093 41% 270 13%

Cantonese 1,729 37% 1,837 40% -108 -6%

Mandarin 1,303 38% 1,145 40% 158 14%

Greek 781 20% 852 22% -71 -8%

Serbian 721 27% 872 30% -151 -17%

Dari 699 38% 608 40% 91 15%

Italian 584 20% 720 22% -136 -19%

Arabic 576 19% 819 25% -243 -30%

Albanian 395 23% 362 23% 33 9%

Hazaraghi 389 40% (c) - - -

Turkish 363 21% 364 22% -1 0%

Spanish 322 19% 398 21% -76 -19%

Burmese 322 48% 83 42% 239 288%

Tamil 314 14% 155 12% 159 103%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Hobsons Bay (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 83,866 100.0 81,463 100.0 2,403 2.9

Australia-born 53,280 63.5 51,920 63.7 1,360 2.6

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 25,874 30.9 23,687 29.1 2,187 9.2

Country of birth not stated 4,715 5.6 5,856 7.2 -1,141 -19.5

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,457 7.7 6,208 7.6 249 4.0

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 19,417 23.2 17,479 21.5 1,938 11.1

OSB arrived since 2006 5,394 6.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 4,257 5.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 393 0.5 312 0.4 81 26.0

Language Other than English(e) 24,680 29.4 22,863 28.1 1,817 7.9

Australian citizen 70,009 83.5 69,351 85.1 658 0.9

Table 2Hobsons Bay (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 1,490 1,442 2,932 11% 2,879 53 2%

India 1,394 937 2,331 9% 697 1,634 234%

Italy 792 856 1,648 6% 1,851 -203 -11%

New Zealand 808 816 1,624 6% 1,587 37 2%

Vietnam 605 728 1,333 5% 1,438 -105 -7%

Malta 654 651 1,305 5% 1,463 -158 -11%

Greece 564 619 1,183 5% 1,269 -86 -7%

Philippines 360 619 979 4% 1,062 -83 -8%

Lebanon 532 438 970 4% 943 27 3%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 398 464 862 3% 550 312 57%

FYROM 384 372 756 3% 829 -73 -9%

Scotland 316 336 652 3% 773 -121 -16%

Croatia 278 321 599 2% 651 -52 -8%

Germany 251 254 505 2% 503 2 0%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 197 202 399 2% 554 -155 -28%

Serbia 170 187 357 1% 315 42 13%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

190 166 356 1% 167 189 113%

Ireland 179 172 351 1% 280 71 25%

Poland 129 208 337 1% 408 -71 -17%

Thailand 111 166 277 1% 117 160 137%

South Africa 132 139 271 1% 205 66 32%

United States of America 143 121 264 1% 191 73 38%

Malaysia 125 139 264 1% 180 84 47%

Indonesia 87 121 208 1% 150 58 39%

Netherlands 112 85 197 1% 220 -23 -10%

Egypt 101 94 195 1% 174 21 12%

Sri Lanka 100 90 190 1% 144 46 32%

Libya 83 85 168 1% 170 -2 -1%

Mauritius 79 69 148 1% 95 53 56%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 69 71 140 1% 180 -40 -22%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,985 2,088 4,073 16% 3,642 428 12%

Total Overseas-born 12,818 13,056 25,874 100% 23,687 2,187 9%

Country of birth not stated 2,447 2,268 4,715 5,856 -1,141 -19%

Born in Australia 26,355 26,925 53,280 51,920 1,360 3%

Total Persons 41,619 42,247 83,866 81,463 2,403 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Hobsons Bay (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 15 512 1,116 532 613 144 2,932

India - 9 102 203 1,930 90 2,334

Italy 4 749 723 34 35 103 1,648

New Zealand 5 14 199 620 705 83 1,626

Vietnam - - 220 899 157 58 1,334

Malta - 585 603 49 10 56 1,303

Greece 4 313 770 27 16 53 1,183

Philippines - 5 60 524 367 25 981

Lebanon - 12 317 319 252 71 971

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - - 24 261 538 36 859

FYROM - 11 531 156 27 31 756

Scotland 8 139 294 84 91 34 650

Croatia - 117 355 93 8 26 599

Germany - 265 58 66 88 28 505

South Eastern Europe, nfd - 45 262 74 8 11 400 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Hobsons Bay (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 1,640 70%

New Zealand 398 24%

England 375 13%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 347 40%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 282 79%

Philippines 253 26%

Thailand 171 62%

Lebanon 145 15%

Vietnam 97 7%

United States of America 94 35%

South Africa 87 32%

Nepal 80 79%

Indonesia 71 34%

Ireland 70 20%

Sri Lanka 66 35%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,218 10%

Total 5,394 21%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 118 53 74 684 666 597 358 382 2,932

India 137 26 551 1,376 104 54 57 27 2,332

Italy 6 - 7 60 183 334 435 624 1,649

New Zealand 112 100 141 746 287 167 46 25 1,624

Vietnam 19 9 48 554 365 238 55 46 1,334

Malta 3 3 - 44 147 404 406 298 1,305

Greece 5 3 4 63 153 265 377 312 1,182

Philippines 54 59 90 358 195 153 41 29 979

Lebanon 17 28 89 429 197 133 48 29 970

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 14 35 138 371 148 68 37 52 863

FYROM 3 3 12 156 161 222 143 56 756

Scotland 8 9 9 102 138 159 103 122 650

Croatia - - 15 53 116 151 155 111 601

Germany 23 9 7 89 42 122 98 115 505

South Eastern Europe, nfd - 3 5 43 93 83 94 79 400

Table 6Hobsons Bay (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Arabic 1,548 1,475 3,023 12% 2,983 40 1%

Italian 1,273 1,463 2,736 11% 3,026 -290 -10%

Greek 1,257 1,288 2,545 10% 2,602 -57 -2%

Vietnamese 784 854 1,638 7% 1,777 -139 -8%

Maltese 628 716 1,344 5% 1,534 -190 -12%

Macedonian 577 593 1,170 5% 1,280 -110 -9%

Punjabi 594 317 911 4% 136 775 570%

Cantonese 442 462 904 4% 890 14 2%

Mandarin 394 464 858 3% 500 358 72%

Croatian 366 407 773 3% 855 -82 -10%

Serbian 307 342 649 3% 699 -50 -7%

Hindi 338 269 607 2% 217 390 180%

Spanish 230 266 496 2% 449 47 10%

Tagalog 179 278 457 2% 429 28 7%

Polish 154 254 408 2% 475 -67 -14%

German 171 217 388 2% 352 36 10%

Filipino 146 215 361 1% 482 -121 -25%

Karen 190 144 334 1% 75 259 345%

Albanian 118 132 250 1% 235 15 6%

Indonesian 109 109 218 1% 142 76 54%

French 104 101 205 1% 151 54 36%

Slovak 100 103 203 1% 265 -62 -23%

Gujarati 95 81 176 1% 21 155 738%

Portuguese 66 82 148 1% 101 47 47%

Thai 43 102 145 1% 92 53 58%

Telugu 86 59 145 1% 39 106 272%

Khmer 68 72 140 1% 166 -26 -16%

Romanian 52 72 124 1% 145 -21 -14%

Amharic 70 53 123 0% 119 4 3%

Japanese 47 72 119 0% 77 42 55%

Other Languages(a) 1,597 1,485 3,082 12% 2,549 533 21%

Total LOTE Speakers 12,133 12,547 24,680 100% 22,863 1,817 8%

Speaks English Only 27,351 27,769 55,120 54,229 891 2%

Not Stated 2,135 1,931 4,066 4,371 -305 -7%

Total Persons 41,619 42,247 83,866 81,463 2,403 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Hobsons Bay (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 12,205 13,570 25,775 44% 26,651 -876 -3%Anglican Church of Australia 3,806 4,454 8,260 14% 9,038 -778 -9%Islam 2,107 1,876 3,983 7% 3,512 471 13%Greek Orthodox 1,945 1,933 3,878 7% 3,934 -56 -1%Uniting Church 996 1,339 2,335 4% 2,811 -476 -17%Buddhism 1,040 1,263 2,303 4% 2,247 56 2%Presbyterian 825 1,028 1,853 3% 2,024 -171 -8%Hinduism 817 605 1,422 2% 440 982 223%Baptist 630 645 1,275 2% 1,017 258 25%Christian, nfd 557 611 1,168 2% 808 360 45%Macedonian Orthodox 432 414 846 1% 912 -66 -7%Sikhism 542 302 844 1% 133 711 535%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 335 338 673 1% 738 -65 -9%Lutheran 331 340 671 1% 766 -95 -12%Serbian Orthodox 203 215 418 1% 415 3 1%Pentecostal, nfd 139 143 282 0% 189 93 49%Jehovah's Witnesses 100 99 199 0% 201 -2 -1%Churches of Christ (Conference) 72 87 159 0% 136 23 17%Salvation Army 67 76 143 0% 168 -25 -15%Other Protestant, nfd 80 63 143 0% 128 15 12%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 56 72 128 0% 156 -28 -18%Antiochian Orthodox 45 65 110 0% 114 -4 -4%Seventh-day Adventist 46 48 94 0% 127 -33 -26%Russian Orthodox 45 46 91 0% 78 13 17%Judaism 36 47 83 0% 54 29 54%Born Again Christian 31 47 78 0% 56 22 39%Coptic Orthodox Church 45 32 77 0% 52 25 48%Maronite Catholic 35 31 66 0% 60 6 10%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 38 28 66 0% 42 24 57%Paganism 16 31 47 0% 52 -5 -10%Other religions(a) 719 629 1,348 2% 1,296 52 4%Total with religion 28,341 30,477 58,818 100% 58,355 463 1%No Religion 9,848 8,618 18,466 15,046 3,420 23%Not Stated 3,430 3,152 6,582 8,062 -1,482 -18%Total Persons 41,619 42,247 83,866 81,463 2,403 3%

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Table 8Hobsons Bay (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 527 21% 481 18% 46 10%

Vietnamese 501 31% 576 32% -75 -13%

Arabic 473 16% 509 17% -36 -7%

Italian 470 17% 579 19% -109 -19%

Cantonese 278 31% 316 35% -38 -12%

Macedonian 245 21% 257 20% -12 -5%

Mandarin 230 27% 120 24% 110 92%

Karen 210 63% 28 37% 182 650%

Maltese 140 10% 160 10% -20 -13%

Serbian 124 19% 156 22% -32 -21%

Croatian 111 14% 147 17% -36 -24%

Non-verbal, so described 86 79% 87 53% -1 -1%

Spanish 80 16% 88 20% -8 -9%

Polish 68 17% 73 15% -5 -7%

Slovak 51 25% 65 25% -14 -22%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 167,562 100.0 147,783 100.0 19,779 13.4

Australia-born 103,990 62.1 94,418 63.9 9,572 10.1

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 53,970 32.2 43,208 29.2 10,762 24.9

Country of birth not stated 9,605 5.7 10,157 6.9 -552 -5.4

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 7,176 4.3 6,355 4.3 821 12.9

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 46,794 27.9 36,853 24.9 9,941 27.0

OSB arrived since 2006 10,232 6.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 9,082 5.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 1,047 0.6 895 0.6 152 17.0

Language Other than English(e) 68,649 41.0 53,504 36.2 15,145 28.3

Australian citizen 142,204 84.9 128,345 86.8 13,859 10.8

Table 2Hume (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeIraq 3,619 3,575 7,194 13% 4,481 2,713 61%

Turkey 3,193 3,263 6,456 12% 5,763 693 12%

India 2,176 1,779 3,955 7% 1,482 2,473 167%

Italy 1,818 1,680 3,498 6% 3,613 -115 -3%

Lebanon 1,555 1,392 2,947 5% 2,399 548 23%

England 1,470 1,468 2,938 5% 3,022 -84 -3%

New Zealand 1,203 1,194 2,397 4% 1,668 729 44%

Sri Lanka 1,153 1,170 2,323 4% 1,500 823 55%

Philippines 810 1,213 2,023 4% 1,564 459 29%

Malta 670 653 1,323 2% 1,435 -112 -8%

Vietnam 568 650 1,218 2% 1,179 39 3%

Greece 585 595 1,180 2% 1,262 -82 -6%

Egypt 393 416 809 2% 803 6 1%

Croatia 406 377 783 1% 828 -45 -5%

Fiji 355 410 765 1% 623 142 23%

Cyprus 370 389 759 1% 708 51 7%

Scotland 335 342 677 1% 677 0 0%

Samoa 310 328 638 1% 479 159 33%

Syria 267 332 599 1% 468 131 28%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 255 317 572 1% 361 211 58%

Germany 278 294 572 1% 595 -23 -4%

Pakistan 352 216 568 1% 165 403 244%

Poland 158 201 359 1% 377 -18 -5%

Iran 189 158 347 1% 285 62 22%

FYROM 174 173 347 1% 336 11 3%

Singapore 145 171 316 1% 155 161 104%

Malaysia 119 191 310 1% 268 42 16%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 160 149 309 1% 362 -53 -15%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 152 157 309 1% 325 -16 -5%

Ireland 155 138 293 1% 293 0 0%

Other countries of birth(a) 3,451 3,732 7,183 13% 5,732 1,451 25%

Total Overseas-born 26,844 27,123 53,967 100% 43,208 10,759 25%

Country of birth not stated 4,802 4,803 9,605 10,157 -552 -5%

Born in Australia 51,379 52,611 103,990 94,418 9,572 10%

Total Persons 83,025 84,537 167,562 147,783 19,779 13%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Hume (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

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2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Iraq - - 66 2,694 4,178 256 7,194

Turkey 3 7 2,484 2,523 1,107 334 6,458

India - 10 343 732 2,759 109 3,953

Italy 3 1,305 1,749 116 61 263 3,497

Lebanon - 20 1,015 1,051 704 157 2,947

England 6 427 1,455 519 395 136 2,938

New Zealand 3 14 218 926 1,102 134 2,397

Sri Lanka - 17 203 981 1,064 60 2,325

Philippines - - 126 1,073 763 62 2,024

Malta - 501 640 92 29 60 1,322

Vietnam - - 127 843 179 67 1,216

Greece - 235 740 93 46 68 1,182

Egypt - 127 309 202 136 38 812

Croatia - 58 556 129 15 24 782

Fiji - - 37 427 266 36 766 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Hume (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

Iraq 2,464 34%

India 1,873 47%

Sri Lanka 762 33%

New Zealand 665 28%

Philippines 507 25%

Turkey 505 8%

Lebanon 354 12%

Pakistan 285 50%

England 238 8%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 179 31%

Fiji 150 20%

Samoa 144 23%

Bhutan 138 95%

Syria 133 22%

Vietnam 123 10%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,712 9%

Total 10,232 19%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Hume (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsIraq 380 698 1,095 3,044 1,050 546 249 131 7,193 Turkey 131 194 322 2,646 1,704 820 513 128 6,458 India 221 132 512 2,128 436 236 180 109 3,954 Italy 11 20 7 179 634 1,135 877 634 3,497 Lebanon 83 80 167 1,307 641 406 183 78 2,945 England 98 62 75 489 712 666 487 352 2,941 New Zealand 351 364 299 748 356 190 69 20 2,397 Sri Lanka 179 108 171 920 543 220 118 65 2,324 Philippines 108 166 168 722 463 286 72 39 2,024 Malta - 15 8 71 181 516 370 160 1,321 Vietnam 15 18 57 527 338 158 71 32 1,216 Greece 22 21 15 91 174 301 351 206 1,181 Egypt 27 22 35 131 153 197 145 100 810 Croatia - 11 19 103 148 207 212 82 782 Fiji 31 45 59 330 166 95 29 11 766

Table 6Hume (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Turkish 6,735 6,947 13,682 20% 11,732 1,950 17%Arabic 6,525 6,498 13,023 19% 9,107 3,916 43%Assyrian(b) 3,645 3,673 7,318 11% 5,003 2,315 46%Italian 3,199 3,305 6,504 9% 6,700 -196 -3%Greek 1,443 1,550 2,993 4% 2,966 27 1%Sinhalese 1,169 1,212 2,381 3% 1,443 938 65%Vietnamese 937 958 1,895 3% 1,747 148 8%Punjabi 938 640 1,578 2% 238 1,340 563%Hindi 747 738 1,485 2% 719 766 107%Samoan 660 677 1,337 2% 901 436 48%Maltese 555 628 1,183 2% 1,271 -88 -7%Spanish 531 607 1,138 2% 1,121 17 2%Croatian 537 554 1,091 2% 1,124 -33 -3%Tagalog 421 545 966 1% 736 230 31%Filipino 371 479 850 1% 659 191 29%Urdu 454 360 814 1% 243 571 235%Macedonian 351 379 730 1% 617 113 18%Mandarin 315 376 691 1% 398 293 74%Serbian 305 294 599 1% 575 24 4%Cantonese 257 287 544 1% 539 5 1%Hmong 271 246 517 1% 372 145 39%Malayalam 255 243 498 1% 116 382 329%Polish 196 230 426 1% 441 -15 -3%Somali 163 190 353 1% 173 180 104%Tamil 175 156 331 0% 145 186 128%Portuguese 139 168 307 0% 332 -25 -8%Nepali 137 124 261 0% - 261 -German 120 140 260 0% 306 -46 -15%Ukrainian 101 132 233 0% 283 -50 -18%Bosnian 96 101 197 0% 197 - -Other Languages(a) 2,182 2,282 4,464 7% 3,300 1,164 35%Total LOTE Speakers 33,930 34,719 68,649 100% 53,504 15,145 28%Speaks English Only 44,975 45,860 90,835 86,216 4,619 5%Not Stated 4,120 3,958 8,078 8,063 15 0%Total Persons 83,025 84,537 167,562 147,783 19,779 13%

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Table 7Hume (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 28,131 29,581 57,712 43% 52,571 5,141 10%Islam 13,354 13,303 26,657 20% 19,688 6,969 35%Anglican Church of Australia 6,440 7,384 13,824 10% 13,857 -33 0%Greek Orthodox 2,533 2,528 5,061 4% 4,886 175 4%Uniting Church 1,934 2,406 4,340 3% 4,661 -321 -7%Buddhism 1,838 2,008 3,846 3% 2,860 986 34%Christian, nfd 1,221 1,401 2,622 2% 1,677 945 56%Presbyterian 1,241 1,375 2,616 2% 2,497 119 5%Hinduism 1,274 1,159 2,433 2% 938 1,495 159%Chaldean Catholic 748 725 1,473 1% 1,499 -26 -2%Sikhism 837 596 1,433 1% 239 1,194 500%Baptist 581 625 1,206 1% 965 241 25%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 430 466 896 1% 890 6 1%Assyrian Church of the East 436 454 890 1% 535 355 66%Pentecostal, nfd 333 431 764 1% 350 414 118%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 350 362 712 1% 527 185 35%Lutheran 266 336 602 0% 661 -59 -9%Jehovah's Witnesses 281 298 579 0% 517 62 12%Macedonian Orthodox 253 245 498 0% 451 47 10%Serbian Orthodox 233 183 416 0% 478 -62 -13%Salvation Army 176 210 386 0% 401 -15 -4%Coptic Orthodox Church 184 177 361 0% 293 68 23%Syrian Orthodox Church 171 165 336 0% 190 146 77%Ancient Church of the East 168 154 322 0% 107 215 201%Maronite Catholic 158 162 320 0% 220 100 45%Born Again Christian 134 153 287 0% 258 29 11%Seventh-day Adventist 126 125 251 0% 182 69 38%Assemblies of God 108 121 229 0% 482 -253 -52%Brethren 88 95 183 0% 197 -14 -7%Antiochian Orthodox 82 86 168 0% 116 52 45%Other religions(a) 1,405 1,341 2,746 2% 2,285 461 20%Total with religion 65,514 68,655 134,169 100% 115,478 18,691 16%No Religion 11,492 9,911 21,403 18,569 2,834 15%Not Stated 6,019 5,971 11,990 13,736 -1,746 -13%Total Persons 83,025 84,537 167,562 147,783 19,779 13%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Hume (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Turkish 3,077 22% 2,806 24% 271 10%Arabic 2,632 20% 1,759 19% 873 50%Assyrian(c) 2,212 30% 1,541 31% 671 44%Italian 706 11% 810 12% -104 -13%Vietnamese 663 35% 625 36% 38 6%Greek 447 15% 469 16% -22 -5%Non-verbal, so described 234 80% 152 58% 82 54%Spanish 197 17% 185 17% 12 6%Sinhalese 189 8% 150 10% 39 26%Mandarin 182 26% 84 21% 98 117%Hmong 166 32% 151 40% 15 10%Croatian 157 14% 175 16% -18 -10%Punjabi 150 10% 34 14% 116 341%Cantonese 146 27% 145 27% 1 1%Nepali 124 48% - - - -

(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.(c) The 2011 languages of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic and Mandaean (Mandaic) have been combined so as to be

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Kingston (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 142,425 100.0 134,624 100.0 7,801 5.8

Australia-born 92,719 65.1 87,694 65.1 5,025 5.7

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 43,000 30.2 38,075 28.3 4,925 12.9

Country of birth not stated 6,706 4.7 8,855 6.6 -2,149 -24.3

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 12,028 8.4 10,960 8.1 1,068 9.7

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 30,972 21.7 27,115 20.1 3,857 14.2

OSB arrived since 2006 7,900 5.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 5,881 4.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 380 0.3 287 0.2 93 32.4

Language Other than English(e) 35,101 24.6 30,697 22.8 4,404 14.3

Australian citizen 121,818 85.5 115,971 86.1 5,847 5.0

Table 2Kingston (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 2,863 3,035 5,898 14% 5,549 349 6%

India 2,468 1,928 4,396 10% 2,871 1,525 53%

Greece 1,387 1,531 2,918 7% 3,049 -131 -4%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,119 1,456 2,575 6% 1,383 1,192 86%

New Zealand 1,189 1,133 2,322 5% 2,132 190 9%

Italy 822 836 1,658 4% 1,738 -80 -5%

Sri Lanka 784 824 1,608 4% 1,576 32 2%

Vietnam 600 745 1,345 3% 1,251 94 8%

Philippines 439 698 1,137 3% 1,049 88 8%

Scotland 511 575 1,086 3% 1,074 12 1%

South Africa 494 561 1,055 2% 808 247 31%

Cambodia 441 513 954 2% 1,005 -51 -5%

Germany 409 412 821 2% 806 15 2%

Mauritius 317 353 670 2% 648 22 3%

Malaysia 277 344 621 1% 488 133 27%

Poland 268 350 618 1% 610 8 1%

Russian Federation 253 359 612 1% 429 183 43%

Ireland 285 289 574 1% 445 129 29%

Turkey 290 275 565 1% 546 19 3%

Egypt 218 245 463 1% 501 -38 -8%

United States of America 224 232 456 1% 377 79 21%

Ukraine 219 230 449 1% 341 108 32%

Netherlands 222 219 441 1% 479 -38 -8%

Croatia 220 219 439 1% 465 -26 -6%

Cyprus 194 216 410 1% 416 -6 -1%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 164 173 337 1% 352 -15 -4%

Fiji 150 172 322 1% 387 -65 -17%

Indonesia 115 172 287 1% 182 105 58%

Japan 84 193 277 1% 188 89 47%

Singapore 131 143 274 1% 200 74 37%

Other countries of birth(a) 3,559 3,853 7,412 17% 6,730 682 10%

Total Overseas-born 20,716 22,284 43,000 100% 38,075 4,925 13%

Country of birth not stated 3,487 3,219 6,706 8,855 -2,149 -24%

Born in Australia 45,427 47,292 92,719 87,694 5,025 6%

Total Persons 69,630 72,795 142,425 134,624 7,801 6%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Kingston (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 48 838 2,134 1,100 1,449 329 5,898

India 3 21 447 1,163 2,630 134 4,398

Greece 3 510 2,109 167 43 86 2,918

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 21 73 881 1,508 92 2,578

New Zealand 13 33 453 918 791 113 2,321

Italy 18 703 728 56 63 90 1,658

Sri Lanka - 31 409 688 443 37 1,608

Vietnam - - 362 792 165 25 1,344

Philippines - 3 108 617 369 39 1,136

Scotland 14 177 421 241 185 48 1,086

South Africa - 12 187 377 454 25 1,055

Cambodia - - 97 701 135 23 956

Germany 9 322 194 129 149 20 823

Mauritius - 3 287 215 138 24 667

Poland 3 65 126 339 65 20 618 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Kingston (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 1,971 45%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 951 37%

England 877 15%

New Zealand 429 18%

Sri Lanka 294 18%

South Africa 290 27%

Philippines 252 22%

Russian Federation 144 24%

United States of America 138 30%

Malaysia 134 22%

Korea, Republic of (South) 122 51%

Vietnam 121 9%

Scotland 104 10%

Mauritius 97 15%

Saudi Arabia 96 86%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,880 10%

Total 7,900 18%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Kingston (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 274 232 128 1,404 1,122 1,013 825 901 5,899

India 168 152 702 2,012 608 366 239 151 4,398

Greece 11 15 19 171 411 652 964 676 2,919

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 78 128 458 988 474 233 118 99 2,576

New Zealand 150 168 164 870 497 264 136 73 2,322

Italy 11 7 11 95 173 413 440 506 1,656

Sri Lanka 24 34 112 508 288 344 165 135 1,610

Vietnam 8 19 70 542 332 246 80 47 1,344

Philippines 45 56 77 410 276 196 49 26 1,135

Scotland 21 30 20 198 214 222 190 192 1,087

South Africa 65 60 78 418 175 133 85 43 1,057

Cambodia 4 16 68 368 215 166 66 51 954

Germany 26 26 14 162 101 161 186 147 823

Mauritius 13 7 38 193 117 140 94 66 668

Malaysia 33 13 47 235 119 118 35 20 620

Table 6Kingston (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Greek 3,419 3,472 6,891 20% 6,837 54 1%

Mandarin 1,251 1,504 2,755 8% 1,556 1,199 77%

Italian 1,248 1,361 2,609 7% 2,722 -113 -4%

Cantonese 799 912 1,711 5% 1,692 19 1%

Russian 780 903 1,683 5% 1,152 531 46%

Vietnamese 640 716 1,356 4% 1,266 90 7%

Punjabi 763 376 1,139 3% 277 862 311%

Arabic 499 520 1,019 3% 972 47 5%

Hindi 547 466 1,013 3% 780 233 30%

Khmer 432 503 935 3% 1,016 -81 -8%

Spanish 440 442 882 3% 751 131 17%

Turkish 432 409 841 2% 816 25 3%

Polish 292 381 673 2% 669 4 1%

German 305 360 665 2% 609 56 9%

French 306 348 654 2% 638 16 3%

Tamil 330 324 654 2% 649 5 1%

Sinhalese 331 307 638 2% 529 109 21%

Croatian 265 276 541 2% 525 16 3%

Tagalog 194 249 443 1% 434 9 2%

Filipino 192 247 439 1% 382 57 15%

Serbian 210 204 414 1% 399 15 4%

Japanese 159 218 377 1% 249 128 51%

Hungarian 148 175 323 1% 284 39 14%

Malayalam 162 152 314 1% 177 137 77%

Min Nan 136 138 274 1% 274 0 0%

Indonesian 121 144 265 1% 144 121 84%

Korean 117 131 248 1% 128 120 94%

Dutch 118 114 232 1% 187 45 24%

Chinese, nfd 106 117 223 1% 106 117 110%

Bengali 106 93 199 1% 211 -12 -6%

Other Languages(a) 2,261 2,430 4,691 13% 4,266 425 10%

Total LOTE Speakers 17,109 17,992 35,101 100% 30,697 4,404 14%

Speaks English Only 49,495 52,121 101,616 97,211 4,405 5%

Not Stated 3,026 2,682 5,708 6,716 -1,008 -15%

Total Persons 69,630 72,795 142,425 134,624 7,801 6%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Kingston (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 19,560 21,618 41,178 41% 39,235 1,943 5%Anglican Church of Australia 8,387 10,143 18,530 19% 19,274 -744 -4%Greek Orthodox 4,356 4,407 8,763 9% 8,289 474 6%Uniting Church 2,226 2,875 5,101 5% 5,660 -559 -10%Buddhism 2,039 2,452 4,491 5% 3,954 537 14%Presbyterian 1,696 1,963 3,659 4% 4,023 -364 -9%Hinduism 1,389 1,150 2,539 3% 2,042 497 24%Islam 1,118 1,070 2,188 2% 1,914 274 14%Christian, nfd 932 1,142 2,074 2% 1,581 493 31%Baptist 646 809 1,455 1% 1,408 47 3%Judaism 611 678 1,289 1% 906 383 42%Sikhism 701 345 1,046 1% 277 769 278%Pentecostal, nfd 444 562 1,006 1% 503 503 100%Lutheran 385 425 810 1% 786 24 3%Jehovah's Witnesses 238 271 509 1% 437 72 16%Russian Orthodox 207 270 477 0% 315 162 51%Churches of Christ (Conference) 137 185 322 0% 348 -26 -7%Serbian Orthodox 159 140 299 0% 318 -19 -6%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 143 153 296 0% 319 -23 -7%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 119 113 232 0% 297 -65 -22%Coptic Orthodox Church 113 115 228 0% 234 -6 -3%Seventh-day Adventist 81 107 188 0% 220 -32 -15%Salvation Army 81 105 186 0% 217 -31 -14%Other Protestant, nfd 75 93 168 0% 173 -5 -3%Armenian Apostolic 42 66 108 0% 103 5 5%Paganism 35 61 96 0% 69 27 39%Assemblies of God 48 45 93 0% 300 -207 -69%Spiritualism 16 67 83 0% 53 30 57%Macedonian Orthodox 37 41 78 0% 59 19 32%Antiochian Orthodox 34 42 76 0% 79 -3 -4%Other religions(a) 1,274 958 2,232 2% 2,155 77 4%Total with religion 47,329 52,471 99,800 100% 95,548 4,252 4%No Religion 16,584 15,176 31,760 24,993 6,767 27%Not Stated 5,717 5,148 10,865 14,083 -3,218 -23%Total Persons 69,630 72,795 142,425 134,624 7,801 6%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Kingston (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 1,385 20% 1,477 22% -92 -6%

Mandarin 717 26% 381 25% 336 88%

Cantonese 412 24% 468 28% -56 -12%

Vietnamese 378 28% 372 29% 6 2%

Italian 333 13% 388 14% -55 -14%

Russian 322 19% 226 20% 96 42%

Khmer 295 32% 360 35% -65 -18%

Turkish 160 19% 166 20% -6 -4%

Arabic 151 15% 94 10% 57 61%

Non-verbal, so described 131 75% 84 40% 47 56%

Spanish 98 11% 83 11% 15 18%

Korean 97 39% 44 34% 53 120%

Min Nan 89 32% 86 32% 3 3%

Polish 75 11% 80 12% -5 -6%

Hindi 69 7% 47 6% 22 47%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Knox (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 149,300 100.0 146,738 100.0 2,562 1.7

Australia-born 103,051 69.0 103,227 70.3 -176 -0.2

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 41,505 27.8 36,962 25.2 4,543 12.3

Country of birth not stated 4,748 3.2 6,549 4.5 -1,801 -27.5

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 12,034 8.1 12,480 8.5 -446 -3.6

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 29,471 19.7 24,482 16.7 4,989 20.4

OSB arrived since 2006 5,726 3.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 4,635 3.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 543 0.4 483 0.3 60 12.4

Language Other than English(e) 31,564 21.1 25,980 17.7 5,584 21.5

Australian citizen 132,288 88.6 130,225 88.7 2,063 1.6

Table 2Knox (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 3,224 3,305 6,529 16% 7,035 -506 -7%

India 1,522 1,514 3,036 7% 2,005 1,031 51%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,271 1,494 2,765 7% 1,440 1,325 92%

Malaysia 1,245 1,458 2,703 7% 1,989 714 36%

Sri Lanka 1,324 1,318 2,642 6% 1,989 653 33%

New Zealand 905 965 1,870 5% 1,819 51 3%

Germany 598 740 1,338 3% 1,339 -1 0%

Italy 647 576 1,223 3% 1,316 -93 -7%

South Africa 572 585 1,157 3% 1,064 93 9%

Vietnam 530 593 1,123 3% 1,060 63 6%

Philippines 418 690 1,108 3% 895 213 24%

Scotland 544 536 1,080 3% 1,172 -92 -8%

Netherlands 484 507 991 2% 1,124 -133 -12%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 465 522 987 2% 790 197 25%

Singapore 414 426 840 2% 537 303 56%

Greece 321 271 592 1% 649 -57 -9%

Poland 259 323 582 1% 623 -41 -7%

Cambodia 260 299 559 1% 536 23 4%

Egypt 260 269 529 1% 536 -7 -1%

Indonesia 192 259 451 1% 285 166 58%

Ireland 194 222 416 1% 418 -2 0%

Mauritius 180 201 381 1% 389 -8 -2%

United States of America 178 186 364 1% 311 53 17%

Iran 174 163 337 1% 254 83 33%

Hungary 136 178 314 1% 322 -8 -2%

Croatia 151 143 294 1% 311 -17 -5%

Fiji 123 155 278 1% 242 36 15%

Thailand 70 207 277 1% 191 86 45%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 132 126 258 1% 346 -88 -25%

Korea, Republic of (South) 116 133 249 1% 131 118 90%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,986 3,242 6,228 15% 5,844 384 7%

Total Overseas-born 19,895 21,606 41,501 100% 36,962 4,539 12%

Country of birth not stated 2,501 2,247 4,748 6,549 -1,801 -28%

Born in Australia 51,013 52,038 103,051 103,227 -176 0%

Total Persons 73,409 75,891 149,300 146,738 2,562 2%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Knox (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 35 989 3,194 1,321 711 280 6,530

India 3 36 334 1,127 1,457 81 3,038

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 12 92 1,015 1,548 99 2,766

Malaysia - 15 275 1,377 991 44 2,702

Sri Lanka - 31 365 1,248 941 53 2,638

New Zealand 6 30 380 821 531 101 1,869

Germany 5 656 306 158 69 146 1,340

Italy 13 496 573 47 12 84 1,225

South Africa - 11 199 520 410 16 1,156

Vietnam - - 313 642 125 42 1,122

Philippines - 4 105 583 396 19 1,107

Scotland 3 212 506 229 91 39 1,080

Netherlands - 711 180 63 20 19 993

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3 6 92 657 212 18 988

Singapore - 7 79 263 477 15 841 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Knox (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 872 32%

India 783 26%

Malaysia 553 20%

Sri Lanka 494 19%

England 378 6%

New Zealand 284 15%

Singapore 276 33%

Philippines 250 23%

South Africa 218 19%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 108 11%

Korea, Republic of (South) 108 44%

United States of America 96 26%

Vietnam 86 8%

Thailand 77 28%

Indonesia 74 16%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,069 15%

Total 5,726 14%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 147 123 148 1,090 1,388 1,493 1,187 952 6,528

India 166 165 232 1,288 548 332 186 121 3,038

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 128 141 186 1,226 516 283 155 131 2,766

Malaysia 126 180 210 817 626 484 177 82 2,702

Sri Lanka 81 128 194 825 625 481 193 113 2,640

New Zealand 136 179 155 592 391 264 111 40 1,868

Germany 9 23 18 113 120 265 359 434 1,341

Italy 3 9 4 67 219 380 291 251 1,224

South Africa 43 106 104 362 205 202 93 42 1,157

Vietnam 14 21 30 462 336 190 41 29 1,123

Philippines 57 72 91 410 223 173 60 22 1,108

Scotland 10 12 16 132 223 283 212 191 1,079

Netherlands 3 - 3 59 60 309 282 277 993

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 30 52 83 311 292 182 23 15 988

Singapore 95 124 70 205 153 148 28 18 841

Table 6Knox (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Cantonese 1,938 2,120 4,058 13% 3,497 561 16%

Mandarin 1,821 2,012 3,833 12% 2,037 1,796 88%

Italian 1,004 1,039 2,043 6% 2,214 -171 -8%

Greek 1,005 979 1,984 6% 1,997 -13 -1%

Sinhalese 771 750 1,521 5% 943 578 61%

German 521 737 1,258 4% 1,294 -36 -3%

Arabic 570 594 1,164 4% 1,126 38 3%

Vietnamese 497 541 1,038 3% 934 104 11%

Tamil 512 502 1,014 3% 739 275 37%

Hindi 492 516 1,008 3% 672 336 50%

Spanish 345 358 703 2% 654 49 7%

Polish 302 362 664 2% 703 -39 -6%

Punjabi 300 268 568 2% 363 205 56%

Tagalog 218 283 501 2% 394 107 27%

Min Nan 237 260 497 2% 405 92 23%

Hungarian 203 279 482 2% 492 -10 -2%

Persian (excluding Dari) 232 225 457 1% 334 123 37%

Khmer 205 236 441 1% 423 18 4%

Indonesian 211 219 430 1% 256 174 68%

Filipino 167 251 418 1% 336 82 24%

Dutch 178 238 416 1% 494 -78 -16%

Gujarati 216 193 409 1% 82 327 399%

French 171 196 367 1% 330 37 11%

Croatian 181 172 353 1% 390 -37 -9%

Serbian 170 158 328 1% 345 -17 -5%

Korean 139 164 303 1% 138 165 120%

Malayalam 135 149 284 1% 105 179 170%

Afrikaans 119 128 247 1% 161 86 53%

Armenian 123 105 228 1% 207 21 10%

Urdu 114 92 206 1% 98 108 110%

Other Languages(a) 1,995 2,346 4,341 14% 3,817 524 14%

Total LOTE Speakers 15,092 16,472 31,564 100% 25,980 5,584 21%

Speaks English Only 56,321 57,702 114,023 116,142 -2,119 -2%

Not Stated 1,996 1,717 3,713 4,616 -903 -20%

Total Persons 73,409 75,891 149,300 146,738 2,562 2%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Knox (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 18,042 19,856 37,898 37% 37,742 156 0%Anglican Church of Australia 8,917 10,399 19,316 19% 20,449 -1,133 -6%Uniting Church 2,804 3,566 6,370 6% 7,033 -663 -9%Buddhism 2,597 2,837 5,434 5% 4,260 1,174 28%Christian, nfd 1,826 2,117 3,943 4% 2,577 1,366 53%Presbyterian 1,814 2,122 3,936 4% 3,836 100 3%Baptist 1,771 2,047 3,818 4% 3,378 440 13%Greek Orthodox 1,708 1,620 3,328 3% 3,177 151 5%Hinduism 1,559 1,502 3,061 3% 1,982 1,079 54%Pentecostal, nfd 1,350 1,525 2,875 3% 2,197 678 31%Islam 905 893 1,798 2% 1,516 282 19%Lutheran 666 758 1,424 1% 1,449 -25 -2%Sikhism 321 290 611 1% 422 189 45%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 272 289 561 1% 565 -4 -1%Salvation Army 243 293 536 1% 604 -68 -11%Seventh-day Adventist 231 245 476 0% 433 43 10%Churches of Christ (Conference) 200 270 470 0% 611 -141 -23%Coptic Orthodox Church 183 190 373 0% 305 68 22%Jehovah's Witnesses 146 185 331 0% 318 13 4%Serbian Orthodox 144 134 278 0% 331 -53 -16%Other Protestant, nfd 130 138 268 0% 218 50 23%Brethren 122 126 248 0% 297 -49 -16%Baha'i 108 110 218 0% 193 25 13%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 91 99 190 0% 179 11 6%Temple Society 77 113 190 0% 193 -3 -2%Judaism 89 101 190 0% 123 67 54%Armenian Apostolic 92 91 183 0% 194 -11 -6%Reformed 94 81 175 0% 158 17 11%Churches of Christ, nfd 68 95 163 0% 79 84 106%Christadelphians 72 63 135 0% 150 -15 -10%Other religions(a) 1,613 1,476 3,089 3% 3,107 -18 -1%Total with religion 48,255 53,631 101,886 100% 98,076 3,810 4%No Religion 19,952 17,457 37,409 33,583 3,826 11%Not Stated 5,202 4,803 10,005 15,079 -5,074 -34%Total Persons 73,409 75,891 149,300 146,738 2,562 2%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Knox (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Cantonese 851 21% 740 21% 111 15%

Mandarin 834 22% 430 21% 404 94%

Vietnamese 271 26% 269 29% 2 1%

Italian 181 9% 202 9% -21 -10%

Greek 173 9% 184 9% -11 -6%

Non-verbal, so described 139 81% 95 47% 44 46%

Khmer 130 30% 135 32% -5 -4%

Persian (excluding Dari) 100 22% 74 22% 26 35%

Arabic 100 9% 104 9% -4 -4%

Korean 82 27% 47 34% 35 74%

Polish 76 11% 71 10% 5 7%

Hungarian 72 15% 62 13% 10 16%

German 65 5% 71 5% -6 -8%

Min Nan 65 13% 75 19% -10 -13%

Spanish 57 8% 56 9% 1 2%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Manningham (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 111,300 100.0 109,915 100.0 1,385 1.3

Australia-born 66,757 60.0 67,023 61.0 -266 -0.4

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 40,670 36.5 37,454 34.1 3,216 8.6

Country of birth not stated 3,873 3.5 5,438 4.9 -1,565 -28.8

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,606 5.9 6,690 6.1 -84 -1.3

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 34,064 30.6 30,764 28.0 3,300 10.7

OSB arrived since 2006 5,795 5.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 4,740 4.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 152 0.1 115 0.1 37 32.2

Language Other than English(e) 43,166 38.8 39,250 35.7 3,916 10.0

Australian citizen 96,593 86.8 96,187 87.5 406 0.4

Table 2Manningham (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2,971 3,634 6,605 16% 4,551 2,054 45%

Italy 1,797 1,786 3,583 9% 3,936 -353 -9%

Malaysia 1,459 1,740 3,199 8% 2,636 563 21%

Greece 1,478 1,649 3,127 8% 3,366 -239 -7%

England 1,492 1,386 2,878 7% 3,022 -144 -5%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1,329 1,494 2,823 7% 2,764 59 2%

South Africa 665 740 1,405 3% 1,248 157 13%

India 674 637 1,311 3% 958 353 37%

Iran 547 519 1,066 3% 724 342 47%

New Zealand 531 534 1,065 3% 1,048 17 2%

Vietnam 416 524 940 2% 876 64 7%

Singapore 382 420 802 2% 684 118 17%

Sri Lanka 321 363 684 2% 620 64 10%

Taiwan 303 379 682 2% 603 79 13%

Egypt 347 332 679 2% 606 73 12%

Korea, Republic of (South) 303 349 652 2% 476 176 37%

Germany 296 305 601 1% 671 -70 -10%

Lebanon 222 227 449 1% 475 -26 -5%

Cyprus 198 236 434 1% 446 -12 -3%

Scotland 191 224 415 1% 479 -64 -13%

Indonesia 174 226 400 1% 313 87 28%

Croatia 180 188 368 1% 417 -49 -12%

United States of America 179 172 351 1% 378 -27 -7%

Philippines 95 229 324 1% 291 33 11%

Netherlands 168 155 323 1% 353 -30 -8%

Poland 102 140 242 1% 278 -36 -13%

FYROM 117 124 241 1% 229 12 5%

Malta 104 117 221 1% 242 -21 -9%

Turkey 95 105 200 0% 220 -20 -9%

Pakistan 114 79 193 0% 134 59 44%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,059 2,348 4,407 11% 4,410 -3 0%

Total Overseas-born 19,309 21,361 40,670 100% 37,454 3,216 9%

Country of birth not stated 1,867 2,006 3,873 5,438 -1,565 -29%

Born in Australia 32,863 33,894 66,757 67,023 -266 0%

Total Persons 54,039 57,261 111,300 109,915 1,385 1%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Manningham (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 117 314 3,153 2,763 255 6,605

Italy 39 2,197 1,050 81 50 169 3,586

Malaysia - 21 487 1,494 1,115 81 3,198

Greece 7 949 1,855 125 36 154 3,126

England 40 528 1,009 643 549 107 2,876

Hong Kong (SAR of China) - 22 350 1,941 443 68 2,824

South Africa - 6 105 550 691 55 1,407

India 3 21 201 508 545 33 1,311

New Zealand 7 40 191 465 317 45 1,065

Iran - 3 46 514 476 26 1,065

Vietnam - - 375 441 68 55 939

Singapore - 11 83 332 354 23 803

Taiwan - - 12 458 201 13 684

Sri Lanka - 33 116 336 186 13 684

Egypt - 129 205 190 143 14 681 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Manningham (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,738 26%

Malaysia 646 20%

South Africa 396 28%

India 341 26%

Iran 329 31%

England 322 11%

Korea, Republic of (South) 235 36%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 211 7%

New Zealand 165 15%

Singapore 164 20%

Sri Lanka 117 17%

Egypt 91 13%

Taiwan 85 12%

United States of America 82 23%

Pakistan 65 33%

Other countries of birth(d) 808 5%

Total 5,795 14%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Manningham (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 171 321 833 2,000 1,481 895 450 453 6,604

Italy 7 7 17 78 293 953 1,075 1,153 3,583

Malaysia 153 212 242 950 611 647 281 102 3,198

Greece 7 15 9 117 403 708 1,120 748 3,127

England 169 127 88 502 528 548 473 442 2,877

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 45 153 289 820 700 591 157 69 2,824

South Africa 113 199 147 395 272 164 74 42 1,406

India 48 31 122 522 196 203 123 65 1,310

New Zealand 86 118 115 259 211 157 79 42 1,067

Iran 45 55 63 461 209 145 62 25 1,065

Vietnam 3 11 27 342 286 182 57 31 939

Singapore 68 95 80 230 135 129 51 14 802

Sri Lanka 19 21 37 208 134 133 76 56 684

Taiwan 13 33 84 291 106 128 21 6 682

Egypt 26 11 36 112 141 131 126 96 679

Table 6Manningham (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Cantonese 4,122 4,689 8,811 20% 8,147 664 8%

Greek 3,837 4,025 7,862 18% 8,056 -194 -2%

Mandarin 3,209 3,724 6,933 16% 4,683 2,250 48%

Italian 2,636 3,076 5,712 13% 6,267 -555 -9%

Arabic 887 940 1,827 4% 1,719 108 6%

Persian (excluding Dari) 617 607 1,224 3% 845 379 45%

Korean 339 386 725 2% 491 234 48%

Vietnamese 310 369 679 2% 596 83 14%

Macedonian 290 316 606 1% 660 -54 -8%

Hindi 274 287 561 1% 425 136 32%

German 213 242 455 1% 498 -43 -9%

Croatian 208 227 435 1% 517 -82 -16%

Min Nan 155 248 403 1% 327 76 23%

Punjabi 197 186 383 1% 198 185 93%

Spanish 168 196 364 1% 336 28 8%

Afrikaans 154 171 325 1% 223 102 46%

Indonesian 143 179 322 1% 237 85 36%

Sinhalese 148 168 316 1% 222 94 42%

Chinese, nfd 157 157 314 1% 168 146 87%

Tamil 129 155 284 1% 278 6 2%

Turkish 138 144 282 1% 290 -8 -3%

Urdu 144 108 252 1% 174 78 45%

Polish 94 143 237 1% 266 -29 -11%

Serbian 103 114 217 1% 236 -19 -8%

Albanian 108 109 217 1% 191 26 14%

Japanese 99 117 216 1% 162 54 33%

French 68 110 178 0% 144 34 24%

Dutch 82 81 163 0% 164 -1 -1%

Hungarian 70 82 152 0% 177 -25 -14%

Maltese 63 83 146 0% 153 -7 -5%

Other Languages(a) 1,210 1,355 2,565 6% 2,400 165 7%

Total LOTE Speakers 20,372 22,794 43,166 100% 39,250 3,916 10%

Speaks English Only 32,075 32,851 64,926 66,673 -1,747 -3%

Not Stated 1,592 1,616 3,208 3,992 -784 -20%

Total Persons 54,039 57,261 111,300 109,915 1,385 1%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Manningham (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 13,991 15,163 29,154 37% 30,416 -1,262 -4%Anglican Church of Australia 5,066 6,000 11,066 14% 12,440 -1,374 -11%Greek Orthodox 5,122 5,327 10,449 13% 10,474 -25 0%Buddhism 2,056 2,587 4,643 6% 4,012 631 16%Uniting Church 1,894 2,548 4,442 6% 5,064 -622 -12%Baptist 1,262 1,576 2,838 4% 2,662 176 7%Presbyterian 1,127 1,301 2,428 3% 2,436 -8 0%Islam 1,185 1,179 2,364 3% 1,887 477 25%Christian, nfd 1,048 1,235 2,283 3% 1,729 554 32%Hinduism 635 665 1,300 2% 1,158 142 12%Pentecostal, nfd 541 612 1,153 1% 673 480 71%Lutheran 415 462 877 1% 976 -99 -10%Coptic Orthodox Church 271 281 552 1% 493 59 12%Judaism 263 287 550 1% 633 -83 -13%Sikhism 249 233 482 1% 290 192 66%Macedonian Orthodox 239 230 469 1% 473 -4 -1%Churches of Christ (Conference) 174 225 399 1% 446 -47 -11%Baha'i 171 179 350 0% 306 44 14%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 152 163 315 0% 300 15 5%Other Protestant, nfd 126 128 254 0% 289 -35 -12%Maronite Catholic 113 133 246 0% 143 103 72%Salvation Army 96 100 196 0% 243 -47 -19%Other Protestant, nec 92 93 185 0% 68 117 172%Brethren 72 94 166 0% 133 33 25%Jehovah's Witnesses 63 97 160 0% 133 27 20%Serbian Orthodox 73 86 159 0% 210 -51 -24%Reformed 63 68 131 0% 91 40 44%Seventh-day Adventist 65 64 129 0% 106 23 22%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 57 62 119 0% 116 3 3%Russian Orthodox 47 64 111 0% 120 -9 -8%Other religions(a) 904 816 1,720 2% 1,924 -204 -11%Total with religion 37,632 42,058 79,690 100% 80,444 -754 -1%No Religion 12,874 11,737 24,611 19,957 4,654 23%Not Stated 3,533 3,466 6,999 9,514 -2,515 -26%Total Persons 54,039 57,261 111,300 109,915 1,385 1%

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Table 8Manningham (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Cantonese 1,936 22% 1,777 22% 159 9%

Mandarin 1,563 23% 1,030 22% 533 52%

Greek 1,070 14% 1,134 14% -64 -6%

Italian 635 11% 727 12% -92 -13%

Korean 204 28% 166 34% 38 23%

Persian (excluding Dari) 155 13% 110 13% 45 41%

Arabic 138 8% 131 8% 7 5%

Vietnamese 132 19% 108 18% 24 22%

Chinese, nfd 104 33% 35 21% 69 197%

Non-verbal, so described 99 70% 87 54% 12 14%

Turkish 54 19% 48 16% 6 13%

Macedonian 52 9% 64 10% -12 -19%

Min Nan 44 11% 29 9% 15 52%

Croatian 41 9% 47 9% -6 -13%

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Maribyrnong (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 71,635 100.0 63,142 100.0 8,493 13.5

Australia-born 37,447 52.3 33,055 52.4 4,392 13.3

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 28,423 39.7 24,502 38.8 3,921 16.0

Country of birth not stated 5,765 8.0 5,585 8.8 180 3.2

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 3,752 5.2 2,964 4.7 788 26.6

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 24,671 34.4 21,538 34.1 3,133 14.5

OSB arrived since 2006 8,129 11.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 7,275 10.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 324 0.5 260 0.4 64 24.6

Language Other than English(e) 30,678 42.8 27,049 42.8 3,629 13.4

Australian citizen 54,519 76.1 49,720 78.7 4,799 9.7

Table 2Maribyrnong (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

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ChangeVietnam 3,079 3,698 6,777 24% 6,131 646 11%

India 1,870 999 2,869 10% 1,619 1,250 77%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,013 1,115 2,128 7% 1,652 476 29%

England 771 665 1,436 5% 1,206 230 19%

New Zealand 620 616 1,236 4% 898 338 38%

Italy 502 535 1,037 4% 1,236 -199 -16%

Greece 437 512 949 3% 1,074 -125 -12%

Philippines 312 461 773 3% 694 79 11%

FYROM 268 288 556 2% 590 -34 -6%

Bangladesh 334 210 544 2% 501 43 9%

Malaysia 252 287 539 2% 331 208 63%

Ethiopia 220 212 432 2% 511 -79 -15%

Croatia 196 214 410 1% 450 -40 -9%

Indonesia 145 167 312 1% 182 130 71%

Sri Lanka 190 108 298 1% 235 63 27%

Nepal 173 124 297 1% 33 264 800%

Scotland 174 123 297 1% 286 11 4%

Poland 109 152 261 1% 306 -45 -15%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

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Hong Kong (SAR of China) 126 130 256 1% 198 58 29%

Germany 128 126 254 1% 253 1 0%

Chile 135 101 236 1% 223 13 6%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 116 114 230 1% 224 6 3%

United States of America 114 101 215 1% 150 65 43%

Somalia 99 114 213 1% 185 28 15%

Ireland 112 96 208 1% 141 67 48%

Thailand 75 128 203 1% 127 76 60%

Serbia 93 110 203 1% 229 -26 -11%

Turkey 98 93 191 1% 200 -9 -5%

Malta 85 104 189 1% 256 -67 -26%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,500 2,114 4,614 16% 4,322 292 7%

Total Overseas-born 14,483 13,940 28,423 100% 24,502 3,921 16%

Country of birth not stated 3,260 2,506 5,766 5,585 180 3%

Born in Australia 18,650 18,796 37,446 33,055 4,392 13%

Total Persons 36,393 35,242 71,635 63,142 8,493 13%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Vietnam - 3 863 4,252 1,330 330 6,778

India - - 63 139 2,576 90 2,868

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 12 35 611 1,343 128 2,129

England 11 118 439 362 410 96 1,436

New Zealand 3 6 152 389 605 82 1,237

Italy 5 471 444 20 20 77 1,037

Greece - 209 655 32 9 41 946

Philippines - - 62 403 281 27 773

FYROM 3 5 404 93 24 26 555

Bangladesh - - 7 15 498 21 541

Malaysia - 4 48 188 274 26 540

Ethiopia - - - 135 271 25 431

Croatia - 43 274 67 14 11 409

Indonesia - 3 6 104 191 11 315

Sri Lanka - 5 31 56 179 27 298 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Maribyrnong (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 2,175 76%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 977 46%

Vietnam 943 14%

New Zealand 382 31%

Bangladesh 337 62%

Nepal 257 87%

England 223 16%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 215 82%

Philippines 205 26%

Malaysia 171 32%

Sri Lanka 152 51%

Indonesia 137 43%

Ethiopia 134 31%

Pakistan 133 74%

Colombia 115 80%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,573 15%

Total 8,129 29%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsVietnam 86 132 546 2,693 1,626 1,036 363 296 6,778

India 189 35 711 1,779 72 37 28 18 2,869

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 38 39 765 697 253 130 90 116 2,128

England 51 16 57 639 288 187 95 104 1,437

New Zealand 81 64 136 659 172 91 19 13 1,235

Italy - - 4 46 109 178 267 432 1,036

Greece 4 - 3 40 113 162 329 297 948

Philippines 44 39 53 334 116 113 47 28 774

FYROM - 6 - 89 96 165 128 68 552

Bangladesh 28 7 109 379 14 6 - - 543

Malaysia 41 16 86 272 57 43 15 10 540

Ethiopia 6 26 50 261 69 14 6 - 432

Croatia - - 8 35 58 93 130 86 410

Indonesia 36 23 40 175 22 15 3 - 314

Nepal 3 - 116 169 4 3 3 - 298

Table 6Maribyrnong (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Vietnamese 4,075 4,469 8,544 28% 7,497 1,047 14%

Cantonese 1,237 1,331 2,568 8% 2,434 134 6%

Greek 928 1,011 1,939 6% 2,193 -254 -12%

Mandarin 884 1,011 1,895 6% 1,358 537 40%

Italian 823 887 1,710 6% 1,917 -207 -11%

Spanish 441 411 852 3% 743 109 15%

Macedonian 405 416 821 3% 903 -82 -9%

Arabic 383 301 684 2% 760 -76 -10%

Hindi 402 260 662 2% 511 151 30%

Telugu 437 195 632 2% 321 311 97%

Punjabi 390 186 576 2% 271 305 113%

Bengali 337 226 563 2% 517 46 9%

Croatian 245 277 522 2% 600 -78 -13%

Serbian 207 231 438 1% 519 -81 -16%

Turkish 203 199 402 1% 408 -6 -1%

Somali 175 226 401 1% 347 54 16%

Urdu 273 127 400 1% 287 113 39%

Gujarati 225 157 382 1% 62 320 516%

Tagalog 153 204 357 1% 312 45 14%

Amharic 172 163 335 1% 363 -28 -8%

Nepali 179 127 306 1% 38 268 705%

Polish 124 176 300 1% 329 -29 -9%

Filipino 118 179 297 1% 238 59 25%

Indonesian 123 133 256 1% 122 134 110%

Chinese, nfd 121 99 220 1% 222 -2 -1%

German 105 110 215 1% 185 30 16%

Tamil 116 81 197 1% 150 47 31%

French 91 95 186 1% 117 69 59%

Maltese 87 91 178 1% 222 -44 -20%

Bosnian 82 95 177 1% 162 15 9%

Other Languages(a) 1,893 1,770 3,663 12% 2,941 722 25%

Total LOTE Speakers 15,434 15,244 30,678 100% 27,049 3,629 13%

Speaks English Only 17,813 17,773 35,586 31,448 4,138 13%

Not Stated 3,146 2,225 5,371 4,645 726 16%

Total Persons 36,393 35,242 71,635 63,142 8,493 13%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Maribyrnong (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 8,312 8,917 17,229 38% 16,980 249 1%Buddhism 3,395 3,783 7,178 16% 6,471 707 11%Anglican Church of Australia 1,806 2,238 4,044 9% 4,583 -539 -12%Islam 1,872 1,403 3,275 7% 2,658 617 23%Greek Orthodox 1,311 1,359 2,670 6% 2,917 -247 -8%Hinduism 1,441 860 2,301 5% 1,263 1,038 82%Uniting Church 565 763 1,328 3% 1,456 -128 -9%Baptist 460 501 961 2% 778 183 24%Presbyterian 439 507 946 2% 1,117 -171 -15%Christian, nfd 410 463 873 2% 723 150 21%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 270 284 554 1% 579 -25 -4%Macedonian Orthodox 277 276 553 1% 594 -41 -7%Sikhism 331 165 496 1% 255 241 95%Pentecostal, nfd 138 144 282 1% 140 142 101%Lutheran 123 157 280 1% 298 -18 -6%Serbian Orthodox 123 143 266 1% 315 -49 -16%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 95 86 181 0% 173 8 5%Jehovah's Witnesses 54 74 128 0% 98 30 31%Churches of Christ (Conference) 60 61 121 0% 81 40 49%Other Protestant, nfd 57 61 118 0% 132 -14 -11%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 42 48 90 0% 112 -22 -20%Seventh-day Adventist 45 45 90 0% 127 -37 -29%Coptic Orthodox Church 39 30 69 0% 40 29 73%Judaism 32 37 69 0% 60 9 15%Russian Orthodox 31 33 64 0% 66 -2 -3%Salvation Army 29 33 62 0% 73 -11 -15%Born Again Christian 25 33 58 0% 45 13 29%Paganism 12 31 43 0% 62 -19 -31%Antiochian Orthodox 22 18 40 0% 60 -20 -33%United Pentecostal 17 18 35 0% - - -Other religions(a) 854 578 1,432 3% 1,236 196 16%Total with religion 22,687 23,149 45,836 100% 43,492 2,344 5%No Religion 9,634 8,891 18,525 12,393 6,132 49%Not Stated 4,072 3,202 7,274 7,257 17 0%Total Persons 36,393 35,242 71,635 63,142 8,493 13%

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Table 8Maribyrnong (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Vietnamese 2,737 32% 2,661 35% 76 3%

Cantonese 857 33% 897 37% -40 -4%

Greek 481 25% 542 25% -61 -11%

Mandarin 428 23% 283 21% 145 51%

Italian 343 20% 435 23% -92 -21%

Macedonian 235 29% 264 29% -29 -11%

Spanish 157 18% 157 21% - 0%

Croatian 125 24% 137 23% -12 -9%

Arabic 103 15% 165 22% -62 -38%

Serbian 95 22% 119 23% -24 -20%

Non-verbal, so described 94 72% 80 59% 14 18%

Turkish 91 23% 93 23% -2 -2%

Somali 62 16% 69 20% -7 -10%

Burmese 57 48% - 0% 57 -

Bengali 55 10% 19 4% 36 189%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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Table 1Maroondah (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 103,839 100.0 99,199 100.0 4,640 4.7

Australia-born 78,437 75.5 75,673 76.3 2,764 3.7

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 21,808 21.0 18,460 18.6 3,348 18.1

Country of birth not stated 3,594 3.5 5,066 5.1 -1,472 -29.1

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 8,841 8.5 9,028 9.1 -187 -2.1

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 12,967 12.5 9,432 9.5 3,535 37.5

OSB arrived since 2006 4,282 4.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 3,489 3.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 412 0.4 335 0.3 77 23.0

Language Other than English(e) 13,096 12.6 9,013 9.1 4,083 45.3

Australian citizen 92,016 88.6 88,379 89.1 3,637 4.1

Table 2Maroondah (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 2,379 2,583 4,962 23% 5,373 -411 -8%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 623 844 1,467 7% 480 987 206%

India 749 604 1,353 6% 597 756 127%

New Zealand 638 675 1,313 6% 1,211 102 8%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

425 408 833 4% 135 698 517%

Scotland 371 430 801 4% 874 -73 -8%

Netherlands 349 349 698 3% 800 -102 -13%

Germany 324 371 695 3% 749 -54 -7%

South Africa 312 380 692 3% 545 147 27%

Malaysia 261 320 581 3% 374 207 55%

Italy 308 271 579 3% 634 -55 -9%

Sri Lanka 245 241 486 2% 354 132 37%

Philippines 141 289 430 2% 364 66 18%

Vietnam 197 228 425 2% 354 71 20%

United States of America 157 146 303 1% 242 61 25%

Ireland 157 145 302 1% 312 -10 -3%

Poland 119 158 277 1% 266 11 4%

Thailand 101 165 266 1% 110 156 142%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 131 135 266 1% 182 84 46%

Iran 125 113 238 1% 144 94 65%

Greece 107 116 223 1% 227 -4 -2%

Cambodia 89 100 189 1% 172 17 10%

Singapore 87 97 184 1% 97 87 90%

Indonesia 72 103 175 1% 115 60 52%

Croatia 80 80 160 1% 171 -11 -6%

Northern Ireland 68 84 152 1% 179 -27 -15%

Wales 74 74 148 1% 132 16 12%

Canada 60 87 147 1% 130 17 13%

Korea, Republic of (South) 60 72 132 1% 74 58 78%

Hungary 55 76 131 1% 149 -18 -12%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,548 1,652 3,200 15% 2,914 286 10%

Total Overseas-born 10,412 11,396 21,808 100% 18,460 3,348 18%

Country of birth not stated 1,742 1,852 3,594 5,066 -1,472 -29%

Born in Australia 38,236 40,201 78,437 75,673 2,764 4%

Total Persons 50,390 53,449 103,839 99,199 4,640 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Maroondah (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

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1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 53 885 2,367 908 514 233 4,960

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 18 17 343 1,025 66 1,469

India - 27 124 247 909 43 1,350

New Zealand 8 35 296 575 336 64 1,314

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

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Scotland 7 183 358 152 65 35 800

Netherlands - 475 145 43 16 20 699

South Africa 3 7 112 298 247 26 693

Germany - 360 181 77 59 16 693

Malaysia 3 10 85 221 247 15 581

Italy 3 288 206 16 14 53 580

Sri Lanka 3 13 133 140 192 6 487

Philippines - 3 37 222 157 12 431

Vietnam - 3 97 231 78 15 424

United States of America - 10 61 104 119 11 305 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Maroondah (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 728 87%

India 676 50%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 626 43%

England 285 6%

New Zealand 203 15%

Malaysia 163 28%

Thailand 144 54%

South Africa 143 21%

Sri Lanka 117 24%

Philippines 105 24%

Iran 91 38%

United States of America 72 24%

Vietnam 55 13%

Korea, Republic of (South) 50 38%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 47 18%

Other countries of birth(d) 777 10%

Total 4,282 20%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Maroondah (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 105 93 88 808 989 1,035 900 943 4,961 China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 69 73 125 764 195 114 87 41 1,468 India 79 49 185 744 110 81 69 33 1,350 New Zealand 55 70 99 489 311 163 82 46 1,315 Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

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Scotland 12 6 14 101 141 197 169 162 802 Netherlands 3 5 8 38 48 167 216 214 699 Germany 13 7 4 95 73 173 184 145 694 South Africa 35 63 66 235 129 94 41 31 694 Malaysia 45 36 39 207 112 96 27 19 581 Italy - - - 35 72 168 156 149 580 Sri Lanka 15 11 28 178 93 86 38 37 486 Philippines 20 17 39 167 100 51 27 11 432 Vietnam 3 13 23 180 86 80 27 11 423 United States of America 29 33 30 92 49 53 13 5 304

Table 6Maroondah (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

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Mandarin 697 871 1,568 12% 544 1,024 188%Cantonese 471 523 994 8% 643 351 55%Italian 462 475 937 7% 978 -41 -4%Greek 275 306 581 4% 533 48 9%German 242 271 513 4% 549 -36 -7%Vietnamese 217 220 437 3% 349 88 25%Punjabi 255 181 436 3% 136 300 221%Spanish 206 222 428 3% 364 64 18%Hindi 212 199 411 3% 260 151 58%Arabic 187 160 347 3% 326 21 6%Dutch 148 192 340 3% 382 -42 -11%Polish 139 163 302 2% 303 -1 0%Sinhalese 149 138 287 2% 152 135 89%Persian (excluding Dari) 120 128 248 2% 144 104 72%Chin Haka 146 101 247 2% - 247 -Burmese and Related Languages, nec

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Karen 111 121 232 2% 41 191 466%Khmer 116 109 225 2% 203 22 11%Burmese 88 93 181 1% 31 150 484%French 76 102 178 1% 130 48 37%Croatian 80 90 170 1% 198 -28 -14%Filipino 57 108 165 1% 139 26 19%Afrikaans 75 86 161 1% 121 40 33%Tagalog 53 101 154 1% 125 29 23%Gujarati 77 76 153 1% 37 116 314%Hungarian 61 88 149 1% 157 -8 -5%Burmese and Related Languages, nfd

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Indonesian 53 91 144 1% 69 75 109%Malayalam 67 62 129 1% 21 108 514%Thai 38 91 129 1% 69 60 87%Other Languages(a) 1,184 1,271 2,455 19% 2,009 446 22%Total LOTE Speakers 6,256 6,840 13,096 100% 9,013 4,083 45%Speaks English Only 42,680 45,090 87,770 86,443 1,327 2%Not Stated 1,454 1,519 2,973 3,743 -770 -21%Total Persons 50,390 53,449 103,839 99,199 4,640 5%

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Table 7Maroondah (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 11,170 12,271 23,441 35% 22,763 678 3%Anglican Church of Australia 6,649 8,168 14,817 22% 15,733 -916 -6%Uniting Church 2,290 3,174 5,464 8% 5,880 -416 -7%Baptist 1,867 2,082 3,949 6% 3,098 851 27%Christian, nfd 1,465 1,849 3,314 5% 2,375 939 40%Presbyterian 1,274 1,418 2,692 4% 2,692 0 0%Buddhism 858 1,053 1,911 3% 1,291 620 48%Lutheran 736 891 1,627 2% 1,617 10 1%Pentecostal, nfd 627 728 1,355 2% 722 633 88%Greek Orthodox 571 585 1,156 2% 1,047 109 10%Hinduism 499 425 924 1% 454 470 104%Islam 308 287 595 1% 442 153 35%Churches of Christ (Conference) 235 333 568 1% 704 -136 -19%Sikhism 247 195 442 1% 167 275 165%Salvation Army 184 246 430 1% 458 -28 -6%Seventh-day Adventist 206 224 430 1% 333 97 29%Christadelphians 142 175 317 0% 301 16 5%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 131 147 278 0% 280 -2 -1%Jehovah's Witnesses 89 123 212 0% 192 20 10%Other Protestant, nfd 86 109 195 0% 177 18 10%Reformed 94 98 192 0% 136 56 41%Brethren 55 73 128 0% 150 -22 -15%Assemblies of God 51 74 125 0% 398 -273 -69%Churches of Christ, nfd 46 62 108 0% 113 -5 -4%Baha'i 47 55 102 0% 50 52 104%Spiritualism 29 73 102 0% 97 5 5%Judaism 57 42 99 0% 101 -2 -2%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 44 44 88 0% 88 0 0%Serbian Orthodox 35 52 87 0% 118 -31 -26%Russian Orthodox 36 38 74 0% 62 12 19%Other religions(a) 1,159 910 2,069 3% 1,843 226 12%Total with religion 31,287 36,004 67,291 100% 63,882 3,409 5%No Religion 15,309 13,689 28,998 24,073 4,925 20%Not Stated 3,793 3,757 7,550 11,244 -3,694 -33%Total Persons 50,389 53,450 103,839 99,199 4,640 5%

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Table 8Maroondah (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 432 28% 144 27% 288 200%

Cantonese 237 24% 167 26% 70 42%

Chin Haka 166 68% 0 0% 166 -

Burmese and Related Languages, nec 153 62% 0 0% 153 -

Karen 149 64% 28 68% 121 432%

Vietnamese 130 30% 113 32% 17 15%

Burmese and Related Languages, nfd 109 74% 0 0% 109 -

Burmese 108 61% 16 52% 92 575%

Khmer 87 39% 74 36% 13 18%

Italian 79 8% 110 11% -31 -28%

Non-verbal, so described 77 72% 55 38% 22 40%

Hakka 52 50% 0 0% 52 -

Greek 45 8% 48 9% -3 -6%

Spanish 42 10% 38 10% 4 11%

Polish 39 13% 37 12% 2 5%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Melbourne (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 93,625 100.0 76,146 100.0 17,479 23.0

Australia-born 38,472 41.1 33,287 43.7 5,185 15.6

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 44,529 47.6 31,739 41.7 12,790 40.3

Country of birth not stated 10,624 11.3 11,120 14.6 -496 -4.5

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 8,017 8.6 5,997 7.9 2,020 33.7

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 36,512 39.0 25,739 33.8 10,773 41.9

OSB arrived since 2006 23,279 24.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 19,763 21.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 262 0.3 236 0.3 26 11.0

Language Other than English(e) 35,749 38.2 25,360 33.3 10,389 41.0

Australian citizen 51,587 55.1 43,636 57.3 7,951 18.2

Table 2Melbourne (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

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ChangeChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3,007 4,497 7,504 17% 3,604 3,900 108%

Malaysia 2,398 2,708 5,106 11% 4,009 1,097 27%

India 1,779 1,175 2,954 7% 1,217 1,737 143%

Indonesia 1,334 1,522 2,856 6% 2,672 184 7%

England 1,611 1,150 2,761 6% 2,243 518 23%

New Zealand 1,271 1,216 2,487 6% 1,902 585 31%

Singapore 756 1,081 1,837 4% 1,624 213 13%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 724 762 1,486 3% 1,559 -73 -5%

Korea, Republic of (South) 601 829 1,430 3% 958 472 49%

Vietnam 587 687 1,274 3% 1,102 172 16%

Thailand 332 519 851 2% 721 130 18%

United States of America 411 420 831 2% 558 273 49%

Italy 354 327 681 2% 595 86 14%

Japan 233 393 626 1% 635 -9 -1%

Taiwan 277 346 623 1% 555 68 12%

Ireland 313 255 568 1% 265 303 114%

Philippines 225 308 533 1% 342 191 56%

Somalia 211 280 491 1% 458 33 7%

Germany 243 225 468 1% 358 110 31%

Saudi Arabia 279 169 448 1% 49 399 814%

Sri Lanka 234 213 447 1% 233 214 92%

Scotland 213 192 405 1% 320 85 27%

Canada 179 215 394 1% 275 119 43%

South Africa 202 191 393 1% 297 96 32%

Iran 186 162 348 1% 112 236 211%

France 180 161 341 1% 173 168 97%

Ethiopia 120 137 257 1% 179 78 44%

Colombia 118 132 250 1% 85 165 194%

Mauritius 114 128 242 1% 189 53 28%

Eritrea 87 112 199 0% 191 8 4%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,828 2,610 5,438 12% 4,259 1,179 28%

Total Overseas-born 21,407 23,122 44,529 100.0 31,739 12,790 40%

Country of birth not stated 5,758 4,866 10,624 11,120 -496 -4%

Born in Australia 19,610 18,862 38,472 33,287 5,185 16%

Total Persons 46,775 46,850 93,625 76,146 17,479 23%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Melbourne (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 11 74 1,030 6,023 365 7,503

Malaysia - 12 142 748 4,021 184 5,107

India - 13 64 209 2,510 158 2,954

Indonesia - 6 15 400 2,351 82 2,854

England 13 222 610 597 1,162 157 2,761

New Zealand 6 15 173 558 1,608 126 2,486

Singapore - 4 42 229 1,466 95 1,836

Hong Kong (SAR of China) - 8 68 502 826 83 1,487

Korea, Republic of (South) - - 9 135 1,139 148 1,431

Vietnam - - 243 559 390 82 1,274

Thailand - - 8 111 666 67 852

United States of America - 11 68 189 517 46 831

Italy 14 273 156 32 145 61 681

Japan - 3 13 118 447 44 625

Taiwan - - 6 195 387 33 621 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Melbourne (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4,763 63%

Malaysia 3,037 60%

India 2,189 74%

Indonesia 1,803 63%

New Zealand 1,277 51%

Singapore 1,160 63%

England 885 32%

Korea, Republic of (South) 875 61%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 568 38%

Thailand 522 61%

United States of America 417 50%

Ireland 394 69%

Saudi Arabia 380 85%

Japan 336 54%

Vietnam 313 25%

Other countries of birth(d) 4,360 38%

Total 23,279 52%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 84 350 4,227 1,824 506 209 117 188 7,505

Malaysia 30 298 2,857 1,498 190 146 58 28 5,105

India 211 20 550 1,995 84 53 29 11 2,953

Indonesia 18 326 1,660 761 30 32 24 3 2,854

England 48 33 371 1,236 382 360 208 123 2,761

New Zealand 34 71 572 1,336 249 154 51 19 2,486

Singapore 24 124 1,019 561 57 36 7 8 1,836

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 9 95 664 518 81 89 15 15 1,486

Korea, Republic of (South) 18 42 514 802 37 13 4 - 1,430

Vietnam 14 42 218 495 236 157 63 52 1,277

Thailand 9 33 319 455 31 6 - - 853

United States of America 46 36 196 363 80 63 37 11 832

Italy 4 3 44 138 64 133 108 186 680

Japan 14 16 117 364 65 26 16 5 623

Taiwan 3 24 242 296 23 29 3 - 620

Table 6Melbourne (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Mandarin 4,066 5,624 9,690 27% 5,850 3,840 66%

Cantonese 2,096 2,503 4,599 13% 4,306 293 7%

Indonesian 1,174 1,327 2,501 7% 2,234 267 12%

Arabic 795 574 1,369 4% 815 554 68%

Korean 587 755 1,342 4% 888 454 51%

Vietnamese 594 688 1,282 4% 1,025 257 25%

Italian 621 579 1,200 3% 1,112 88 8%

Hindi 650 439 1,089 3% 521 568 109%

Somali 477 540 1,017 3% 835 182 22%

Spanish 469 453 922 3% 524 398 76%

Chinese, nfd 357 427 784 2% 281 503 179%

Thai 308 459 767 2% 656 111 17%

Japanese 295 368 663 2% 623 40 6%

French 309 297 606 2% 409 197 48%

Malay 253 318 571 2% 481 90 19%

Greek 274 267 541 2% 553 -12 -2%

German 221 201 422 1% 313 109 35%

Tamil 238 163 401 1% 195 206 106%

Persian (excluding Dari) 176 156 332 1% 98 234 239%

Telugu 185 118 303 1% 95 208 219%

Min Nan 147 151 298 1% 233 65 28%

Sinhalese 126 121 247 1% 101 146 145%

Russian 99 142 241 1% 147 94 64%

Turkish 126 114 240 1% 237 3 1%

Portuguese 101 93 194 1% 98 96 98%

Filipino 76 106 182 1% 87 95 109%

Tagalog 72 105 177 0% 114 63 55%

Polish 76 93 169 0% 146 23 16%

Bengali 83 82 165 0% 74 91 123%

Gujarati 76 81 157 0% 70 87 124%

Other Languages(a) 1,674 1,604 3,278 9% 2,239 1,039 46%

Total LOTE Speakers 16,801 18,948 35,749 100.0 25,360 10,389 41%

Speaks English Only 24,147 23,291 47,438 39,684 7,754 20%

Not Stated 5,827 4,611 10,438 11,102 -664 -6%

Total Persons 46,775 46,850 93,625 76,146 17,479 23%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Melbourne (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 7,701 8,393 16,094 33% 14,296 1,798 13%Buddhism 3,084 3,989 7,073 15% 5,717 1,356 24%Anglican Church of Australia 2,891 3,219 6,110 13% 6,372 -262 -4%Islam 2,193 2,011 4,204 9% 3,095 1,109 36%Hinduism 1,565 1,167 2,732 6% 1,264 1,468 116%Uniting Church 939 1,180 2,119 4% 2,333 -214 -9%Christian, nfd 700 927 1,627 3% 1,287 340 26%Presbyterian 668 855 1,523 3% 1,366 157 11%Baptist 436 513 949 2% 827 122 15%Greek Orthodox 456 475 931 2% 914 17 2%Pentecostal, nfd 221 321 542 1% 256 286 112%Judaism 258 274 532 1% 464 68 15%Lutheran 223 249 472 1% 480 -8 -2%Other Protestant, nfd 141 169 310 1% 205 105 51%Sikhism 106 70 176 0% 131 45 34%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 59 73 132 0% 90 42 47%Serbian Orthodox 55 63 118 0% 117 1 1%Salvation Army 43 70 113 0% 131 -18 -14%Russian Orthodox 34 78 112 0% 73 39 53%Coptic Orthodox Church 54 52 106 0% 73 33 45%Macedonian Orthodox 50 37 87 0% 69 18 26%Churches of Christ (Conference) 34 50 84 0% 70 14 20%Taoism 37 43 80 0% 57 23 40%Jehovah's Witnesses 27 41 68 0% 55 13 24%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 36 31 67 0% 49 18 37%Baha'i 34 30 64 0% 36 28 78%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 27 34 61 0% 14 47 336%Seventh-day Adventist 32 28 60 0% 74 -14 -19%Assemblies of God 13 29 42 0% 127 -85 -67%Other Protestant, nec 23 19 42 0% 14 28 200%Other religions(a) 1,125 677 1,802 4% 1,474 328 22%Total with religion 23,265 25,167 48,432 100% 41,530 6,902 17%No Religion 16,229 15,448 31,677 20,117 11,560 57%Not Stated 7,281 6,235 13,516 14,449 -933 -7%Total Persons 46,775 46,850 93,625 76,146 17,479 23%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Melbourne (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 1,174 12% 593 10% 581 98%

Cantonese 725 16% 718 17% 7 1%

Korean 347 26% 302 34% 45 15%

Vietnamese 306 24% 287 28% 19 7%

Arabic 251 18% 148 18% 103 70%

Chinese, nfd 210 27% 78 28% 132 169%

Somali 174 17% 173 21% 1 1%

Italian 150 12% 149 13% 1 1%

Thai 141 18% 105 16% 36 34%

Japanese 116 18% 138 22% -22 -16%

Spanish 111 12% 74 14% 37 50%

Non-verbal, so described 85 82% 48 55% 37 77%

Indonesian 77 3% 92 4% -15 -16%

Turkish 54 23% 56 23% -2 -4%

Greek 53 10% 51 9% 2 4%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 109,259 100.0 78,909 100.0 30,350 38.5

Australia-born 73,254 67.0 54,940 69.6 18,314 33.3

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 30,372 27.8 19,226 24.4 11,146 58.0

Country of birth not stated 5,633 5.2 4,743 6.0 890 18.8

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,069 5.6 4,450 5.6 1,619 36.4

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 24,303 22.2 14,776 18.7 9,527 64.5

OSB arrived since 2006 5,429 5.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 4,248 3.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 790 0.7 508 0.6 282 55.5

Language Other than English(e) 31,584 28.9 19,170 24.3 12,414 64.8

Australian citizen 93,198 85.3 68,451 86.7 24,747 36.2

Table 2Melton (S): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeIndia 1,468 1,300 2,768 9% 976 1,792 184%

Philippines 1,247 1,511 2,758 9% 1,572 1,186 75%

England 1,246 1,275 2,521 8% 2,198 323 15%

New Zealand 994 983 1,977 7% 979 998 102%

Malta 953 883 1,836 6% 1,467 369 25%

Vietnam 653 771 1,424 5% 682 742 109%

FYROM 514 506 1,020 3% 718 302 42%

Italy 512 450 962 3% 782 180 23%

Sri Lanka 423 411 834 3% 409 425 104%

Croatia 338 350 688 2% 559 129 23%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 254 348 602 2% 191 411 215%

Scotland 295 281 576 2% 535 41 8%

Egypt 249 257 506 2% 294 212 72%

Germany 238 254 492 2% 436 56 13%

Chile 225 235 460 2% 364 96 26%

Timor-Leste 228 212 440 1% 331 109 33%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 227 211 438 1% 259 179 69%

Cyprus 226 212 438 1% 327 111 34%

Fiji 193 223 416 1% 234 182 78%

Malaysia 197 217 414 1% 204 210 103%

Poland 185 198 383 1% 313 70 22%

Greece 199 160 359 1% 357 2 1%

Pakistan 200 158 358 1% 193 165 85%

South Africa 182 167 349 1% 207 142 69%

El Salvador 156 177 333 1% 293 40 14%

Sudan 152 165 317 1% 82 235 287%

Serbia 151 151 302 1% 248 54 22%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 144 145 289 1% 340 -51 -15%

Ethiopia 138 147 285 1% 159 126 79%

Lebanon 152 132 284 1% 190 94 49%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,644 2,899 5,543 18% 3,327 2,216 67%

Total Overseas-born 14,983 15,389 30,372 100% 19,226 11,146 58%

Country of birth not stated 2,805 2,828 5,633 4,743 890 19%

Born in Australia 36,478 36,776 73,254 54,940 18,314 33%

Total Persons 54,266 54,993 109,259 78,909 30,350 38%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

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1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

India 3 5 148 638 1,878 98 2,770

Philippines - - 140 1,253 1,298 68 2,759

England 3 342 1,220 448 383 125 2,521

New Zealand 4 13 150 657 989 163 1,976

Malta 5 502 940 208 98 85 1,838

Vietnam - - 128 842 298 156 1,424

FYROM - 5 526 345 105 36 1,017

Italy - 287 513 57 34 72 963

Sri Lanka - 6 36 366 404 22 834

Croatia - 25 414 195 20 31 685

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 4 11 171 393 22 601

Scotland - 100 277 104 71 24 576

Egypt - 49 110 184 140 25 508

Germany - 246 94 84 46 20 490

Chile - - 176 227 37 20 460 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Melton (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 1,085 39%

Philippines 823 30%

New Zealand 670 34%

Sri Lanka 262 31%

England 247 10%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 221 37%

Vietnam 172 12%

Pakistan 124 34%

South Africa 122 35%

Malaysia 119 29%

Fiji 114 27%

Samoa 83 34%

Egypt 76 15%

Singapore 69 35%

Malta 66 4%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,176 9%

Total 5,429 18%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Melton (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsIndia 188 142 213 1,646 287 176 87 30 2,769

Philippines 179 258 225 1,200 557 261 57 22 2,759

England 77 70 56 497 607 545 382 287 2,521

New Zealand 349 277 226 650 261 140 49 24 1,976

Malta 25 29 25 232 336 684 398 109 1,838

Vietnam 25 23 111 814 287 105 31 27 1,423

FYROM 3 24 55 366 206 266 66 33 1,019

Italy 5 8 11 90 265 292 202 89 962

Sri Lanka 59 29 40 430 164 73 26 13 834

Croatia 3 12 17 172 193 154 93 43 687

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 19 26 50 318 89 64 24 12 602

Scotland 11 16 15 89 136 135 101 73 576

Egypt 48 20 19 144 87 111 52 27 508

Germany 8 31 7 66 65 175 91 48 491

Chile 9 12 20 203 87 72 42 13 458

Table 6Melton (S): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

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Maltese 1,154 1,175 2,329 7% 1,825 504 28%

Italian 989 1,039 2,028 6% 1,630 398 24%

Macedonian 992 1,020 2,012 6% 1,399 613 44%

Vietnamese 947 1,035 1,982 6% 885 1,097 124%

Arabic 818 854 1,672 5% 841 831 99%

Spanish 760 883 1,643 5% 1,291 352 27%

Greek 763 798 1,561 5% 1,214 347 29%

Tagalog 652 735 1,387 4% 774 613 79%

Filipino 572 651 1,223 4% 769 454 59%

Croatian 561 606 1,167 4% 928 239 26%

Turkish 549 537 1,086 3% 712 374 53%

Hindi 552 515 1,067 3% 411 656 160%

Punjabi 524 422 946 3% 272 674 248%

Serbian 384 392 776 2% 569 207 36%

Mandarin 350 405 755 2% 336 419 125%

Sinhalese 342 365 707 2% 354 353 100%

Cantonese 294 385 679 2% 416 263 63%

Urdu 279 253 532 2% 256 276 108%

Hakka 269 254 523 2% 331 192 58%

Polish 235 273 508 2% 438 70 16%

Samoan 231 216 447 1% 204 243 119%

Dinka 187 207 394 1% 54 340 630%

Albanian 204 176 380 1% 226 154 68%

Tamil 188 163 351 1% 146 205 140%

Bosnian 181 166 347 1% 181 166 92%

Amharic 118 122 240 1% 140 100 71%

German 104 134 238 1% 203 35 17%

Portuguese 111 125 236 1% 155 81 52%

Telugu 117 95 212 1% 19 193 1016%

Indonesian 88 108 196 1% 79 117 148%

Other Languages(a) 1,838 2,122 3,960 13% 2,112 1,848 88%

Total LOTE Speakers 15,353 16,231 31,584 100% 19,170 12,414 65%

Speaks English Only 35,787 36,109 71,896 55,405 16,491 30%

Not Stated 3,126 2,653 5,779 4,334 1,445 33%

Total Persons 54,266 54,993 109,259 78,909 30,350 38%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 19,649 20,505 40,154 49% 29,450 10,704 36%Anglican Church of Australia 4,630 5,364 9,994 12% 8,233 1,761 21%Islam 2,113 2,016 4,129 5% 2,233 1,896 85%Greek Orthodox 1,624 1,633 3,257 4% 2,421 836 35%Buddhism 1,428 1,622 3,050 4% 1,555 1,495 96%Uniting Church 1,360 1,645 3,005 4% 2,642 363 14%Hinduism 1,080 995 2,075 3% 694 1,381 199%Christian, nfd 978 1,046 2,024 2% 1,060 964 91%Presbyterian 829 959 1,788 2% 1,555 233 15%Macedonian Orthodox 761 732 1,493 2% 934 559 60%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 629 696 1,325 2% 844 481 57%Baptist 567 653 1,220 1% 876 344 39%Pentecostal, nfd 530 594 1,124 1% 346 778 225%Sikhism 526 404 930 1% 291 639 220%Jehovah's Witnesses 303 365 668 1% 574 94 16%Lutheran 270 286 556 1% 473 83 18%Coptic Orthodox Church 259 267 526 1% 246 280 114%Serbian Orthodox 248 245 493 1% 413 80 19%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 155 199 354 0% 272 82 30%Seventh-day Adventist 141 158 299 0% 172 127 74%Salvation Army 104 127 231 0% 183 48 26%Born Again Christian 96 112 208 0% 166 42 25%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 77 77 154 0% 79 75 95%Brethren 78 70 148 0% 147 1 1%Churches of Christ (Conference) 62 82 144 0% 101 43 43%Assemblies of God 53 70 123 0% 298 -175 -59%Other Protestant, nfd 53 54 107 0% 91 16 18%Paganism 30 42 72 0% 24 48 200%Russian Orthodox 28 34 62 0% 63 -1 -2%Other Christian, nec 28 34 62 0% 35 27 77%Other religions(a) 922 791 1,713 2% 1,037 676 65%Total with religion 39,611 41,877 81,488 100% 57,508 23,980 42%No Religion 9,894 8,788 18,682 12,986 5,696 44%Not Stated 4,761 4,328 9,089 8,415 674 8%Total Persons 54,266 54,993 109,259 78,909 30,350 38%

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Table 8Melton (S): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Vietnamese 597 30% 270 30% 327 121%

Macedonian 236 12% 162 12% 74 46%

Mandarin 200 26% 67 20% 133 199%

Spanish 200 12% 151 12% 49 32%

Arabic 196 12% 105 13% 91 87%

Cantonese 168 25% 89 21% 79 89%

Hakka 144 28% 95 29% 49 52%

Greek 137 9% 103 8% 34 33%

Maltese 136 6% 115 6% 21 18%

Italian 126 6% 103 6% 23 22%

Turkish 122 11% 89 12% 33 37%

Non-verbal, so described 116 70% 97 52% 19 20%

Croatian 108 9% 109 12% -1 -1%

Serbian 98 13% 99 17% -1 -1%

Punjabi 94 10% 30 11% 64 213%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 169,284 100.0 161,242 100.0 8,042 5.0

Australia-born 86,509 51.1 87,590 54.3 -1,081 -1.2

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 75,808 44.8 64,067 39.7 11,741 18.3

Country of birth not stated 6,967 4.1 9,585 5.9 -2,618 -27.3

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 9,275 5.5 9,466 5.9 -191 -2.0

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 66,533 39.3 54,601 33.9 11,932 21.9

OSB arrived since 2006 21,930 13.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 20,441 12.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 357 0.2 334 0.2 23 6.9

Language Other than English(e) 75,209 44.4 62,198 38.6 13,011 20.9

Australian citizen 130,277 77.0 129,123 80.1 1,154 0.9

Table 2Monash (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

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ChangeChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6,417 7,347 13,764 18% 8,315 5,449 66%

India 4,083 3,240 7,323 10% 4,704 2,619 56%

Sri Lanka 2,972 2,740 5,712 8% 4,337 1,375 32%

Malaysia 2,593 2,896 5,489 7% 4,661 828 18%

Greece 2,201 2,343 4,544 6% 4,877 -333 -7%

England 2,053 1,955 4,008 5% 4,353 -345 -8%

Italy 1,432 1,503 2,935 4% 3,220 -285 -9%

Vietnam 1,115 1,314 2,429 3% 2,004 425 21%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1,170 1,187 2,357 3% 2,492 -135 -5%

New Zealand 1,065 1,024 2,089 3% 1,967 122 6%

Korea, Republic of (South) 951 1,047 1,998 3% 1,014 984 97%

Indonesia 810 828 1,638 2% 1,550 88 6%

Singapore 707 760 1,467 2% 1,197 270 23%

South Africa 478 520 998 1% 990 8 1%

Philippines 361 627 988 1% 802 186 23%

Germany 480 442 922 1% 1,027 -105 -10%

Poland 331 447 778 1% 906 -128 -14%

Mauritius 391 345 736 1% 652 84 13%

Scotland 366 361 727 1% 813 -86 -11%

Egypt 338 348 686 1% 758 -72 -9%

Taiwan 307 348 655 1% 607 48 8%

United States of America 260 249 509 1% 446 63 14%

Japan 155 327 482 1% 456 26 6%

Croatia 223 244 467 1% 442 25 6%

Bangladesh 274 173 447 1% 278 169 61%

Cambodia 204 226 430 1% 337 93 28%

Iran 218 210 428 1% 298 130 44%

Thailand 152 276 428 1% 355 73 21%

Netherlands 236 191 427 1% 477 -50 -10%

Turkey 205 202 407 1% 423 -16 -4%

Other countries of birth(a) 4,746 4,794 9,540 13% 9,309 231 2%

Total Overseas-born 37,294 38,514 75,808 100% 64,067 11,741 18%

Country of birth not stated 3,721 3,246 6,967 9,585 -2,618 -27%

Born in Australia 42,602 43,907 86,509 87,590 -1,081 -1%

Total Persons 83,617 85,667 169,284 161,242 8,042 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Monash (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 57 194 4,045 8,898 566 13,763

India 3 44 467 1,777 4,838 196 7,325

Sri Lanka - 47 542 2,030 2,959 132 5,710

Malaysia 4 20 658 2,195 2,475 136 5,488

Greece 3 911 3,164 189 95 182 4,544

England 53 802 1,502 807 638 207 4,009

Italy 25 1,329 1,290 71 44 178 2,937

Vietnam - - 614 1,236 480 101 2,431

Hong Kong (SAR of China) - 19 212 1,290 771 65 2,357

New Zealand 8 52 389 768 770 103 2,090

Korea, Republic of (South) - - 40 371 1,464 123 1,998

Indonesia - 19 76 555 954 33 1,637

Singapore - 4 98 383 908 73 1,466

South Africa - 9 141 397 431 18 996

Philippines - - 75 484 378 52 989 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Monash (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6,411 47%

India 3,592 49%

Sri Lanka 2,028 36%

Malaysia 1,756 32%

Korea, Republic of (South) 1,017 51%

Indonesia 632 39%

Singapore 623 42%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 525 22%

New Zealand 484 23%

England 397 10%

Vietnam 353 15%

Philippines 295 30%

South Africa 255 26%

Bangladesh 230 51%

Mauritius 225 31%

Other countries of birth(d) 3,107 13%

Total 21,930 29%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Monash (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 328 703 3,934 4,818 2,082 983 504 412 13,764

India 402 366 1,162 3,501 932 458 291 212 7,324

Sri Lanka 301 310 710 1,985 1,033 707 371 295 5,712

Malaysia 247 327 1,052 1,529 982 854 346 152 5,489

Greece 26 29 23 245 519 957 1,706 1,040 4,545

England 172 127 134 698 706 725 716 730 4,008

Italy 4 4 15 96 259 670 862 1,025 2,935

Vietnam 20 39 262 955 607 364 108 75 2,430

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 40 140 584 604 458 399 94 37 2,356

New Zealand 206 211 196 635 366 277 127 73 2,091

Korea, Republic of (South) 197 241 252 915 261 86 37 9 1,998

Indonesia 80 139 364 739 115 128 45 28 1,638

Singapore 139 177 402 340 193 151 44 22 1,468

South Africa 72 99 85 306 162 168 61 45 998

Philippines 69 72 80 380 214 123 35 16 989

Table 6Monash (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Mandarin 7,463 8,202 15,665 21% 9,910 5,755 58%

Greek 5,337 5,646 10,983 15% 11,058 -75 -1%

Cantonese 4,022 4,355 8,377 11% 7,900 477 6%

Italian 2,042 2,384 4,426 6% 4,924 -498 -10%

Sinhalese 2,010 1,723 3,733 5% 2,362 1,371 58%

Vietnamese 1,235 1,348 2,583 3% 2,150 433 20%

Tamil 1,094 1,153 2,247 3% 1,881 366 19%

Korean 1,071 1,125 2,196 3% 1,090 1,106 101%

Hindi 1,118 919 2,037 3% 1,479 558 38%

Indonesian 793 787 1,580 2% 1,368 212 15%

Punjabi 939 496 1,435 2% 570 865 152%

Arabic 631 587 1,218 2% 1,085 133 12%

Russian 441 509 950 1% 972 -22 -2%

Chinese, nfd 461 454 915 1% 397 518 130%

Spanish 390 478 868 1% 834 34 4%

Polish 367 484 851 1% 1,044 -193 -18%

French 383 389 772 1% 694 78 11%

German 364 392 756 1% 843 -87 -10%

Bengali 381 301 682 1% 504 178 35%

Min Nan 295 383 678 1% 547 131 24%

Gujarati 361 308 669 1% 296 373 126%

Japanese 253 364 617 1% 538 79 15%

Armenian 285 324 609 1% 679 -70 -10%

Malayalam 297 281 578 1% 227 351 155%

Croatian 262 289 551 1% 536 15 3%

Telugu 300 242 542 1% 368 174 47%

Persian (excluding Dari) 260 274 534 1% 431 103 24%

Serbian 225 224 449 1% 473 -24 -5%

Urdu 283 153 436 1% 245 191 78%

Tagalog 150 251 401 1% 360 41 11%

Other Languages(a) 3,275 3,596 6,871 9% 6,433 438 7%

Total LOTE Speakers 36,788 38,421 75,209 100% 62,198 13,011 21%

Speaks English Only 43,618 44,546 88,164 91,441 -3,277 -4%

Not Stated 3,211 2,700 5,911 7,603 -1,692 -22%

Total Persons 83,617 85,667 169,284 161,242 8,042 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Monash (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 18,424 20,216 38,640 33% 39,719 -1,079 -3%Anglican Church of Australia 6,461 8,034 14,495 12% 16,617 -2,122 -13%Greek Orthodox 6,456 6,735 13,191 11% 12,996 195 2%Buddhism 5,518 5,864 11,382 10% 8,531 2,851 33%Uniting Church 3,258 4,203 7,461 6% 8,455 -994 -12%Hinduism 3,722 3,222 6,944 6% 4,878 2,066 42%Presbyterian 1,776 2,100 3,876 3% 3,974 -98 -2%Islam 1,908 1,583 3,491 3% 2,626 865 33%Baptist 1,560 1,841 3,401 3% 3,230 171 5%Christian, nfd 1,564 1,813 3,377 3% 2,658 719 27%Pentecostal, nfd 757 924 1,681 1% 1,238 443 36%Sikhism 871 493 1,364 1% 665 699 105%Lutheran 464 482 946 1% 1,105 -159 -14%Judaism 385 403 788 1% 815 -27 -3%Armenian Apostolic 270 303 573 0% 613 -40 -7%Churches of Christ (Conference) 191 238 429 0% 475 -46 -10%Serbian Orthodox 188 184 372 0% 347 25 7%Coptic Orthodox Church 177 179 356 0% 353 3 1%Other Protestant, nfd 158 197 355 0% 309 46 15%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 166 181 347 0% 407 -60 -15%Russian Orthodox 149 194 343 0% 318 25 8%Jehovah's Witnesses 133 202 335 0% 358 -23 -6%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 134 140 274 0% 252 22 9%Seventh-day Adventist 119 142 261 0% 243 18 7%Baha'i 95 96 191 0% 206 -15 -7%Salvation Army 76 106 182 0% 259 -77 -30%Macedonian Orthodox 74 66 140 0% 154 -14 -9%Assemblies of God 59 75 134 0% 383 -249 -65%Other Protestant, nec 61 59 120 0% 38 82 216%Syrian Orthodox Church 52 46 98 0% 48 50 104%Other religions(a) 1,442 1,213 2,655 2% 2,707 -52 -2%Total with religion 56,668 61,534 118,202 100% 114,977 3,225 3%No Religion 20,908 18,454 39,362 30,618 8,744 29%Not Stated 6,041 5,679 11,720 15,647 -3,927 -25%Total Persons 83,617 85,667 169,284 161,242 8,042 5%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Monash (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 3,227 21% 1,815 18% 1,412 78%

Greek 2,122 19% 2,187 20% -65 -3%

Cantonese 1,567 19% 1,437 18% 130 9%

Italian 744 17% 905 18% -161 -18%

Korean 699 32% 336 31% 363 108%

Vietnamese 458 18% 436 20% 22 5%

Chinese, nfd 257 28% 123 31% 134 109%

Non-verbal, so described 190 76% 139 48% 51 37%

Russian 162 17% 176 18% -14 -8%

Sinhalese 141 4% 71 3% 70 99%

Arabic 132 11% 91 8% 41 45%

Indonesian 117 7% 135 10% -18 -13%

Tamil 104 5% 94 5% 10 11%

Japanese 102 16% 109 20% -7 -6%

Spanish 91 10% 95 11% -4 -4%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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Table 1Moonee Valley (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 107,443 100.0 102,327 100.0 5,116 5.0

Australia-born 72,394 67.4 68,075 66.5 4,319 6.3

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 29,405 27.4 26,850 26.2 2,555 9.5

Country of birth not stated 5,644 5.3 7,402 7.2 -1,758 -23.8

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 4,777 4.4 4,229 4.1 548 13.0

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 24,628 22.9 22,621 22.1 2,007 8.9

OSB arrived since 2006 5,309 4.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 4,283 4.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 315 0.3 295 0.3 20 6.8

Language Other than English(e) 31,810 29.6 29,364 28.7 2,446 8.3

Australian citizen 92,299 85.9 88,627 86.6 3,672 4.1

Table 2Moonee Valley (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeItaly 2,574 2,814 5,388 18% 5,926 -538 -9%

India 1,402 1,029 2,431 8% 1,272 1,159 91%

Vietnam 824 1,159 1,983 7% 1,788 195 11%

England 1,038 937 1,975 7% 1,916 59 3%

Greece 712 763 1,475 5% 1,579 -104 -7%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 618 848 1,466 5% 1,245 221 18%

New Zealand 621 654 1,275 4% 955 320 34%

Malta 334 417 751 3% 808 -57 -7%

Croatia 292 302 594 2% 617 -23 -4%

Philippines 208 330 538 2% 429 109 25%

Malaysia 206 304 510 2% 368 142 39%

Germany 220 273 493 2% 520 -27 -5%

Sri Lanka 243 238 481 2% 490 -9 -2%

Egypt 225 229 454 2% 441 13 3%

Ethiopia 182 259 441 2% 313 128 41%

Scotland 216 201 417 1% 413 4 1%

Ireland 198 167 365 1% 282 83 29%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 133 184 317 1% 294 23 8%

Lebanon 163 154 317 1% 313 4 1%

Poland 135 180 315 1% 344 -29 -8%

Somalia 138 163 301 1% 329 -28 -9%

FYROM 151 133 284 1% 258 26 10%

United States of America 145 138 283 1% 232 51 22%

Turkey 131 143 274 1% 237 37 16%

Chile 108 127 235 1% 249 -14 -6%

Sudan 103 121 224 1% 194 30 15%

Indonesia 79 112 191 1% 156 35 22%

Eritrea 83 108 191 1% 197 -6 -3%

Netherlands 103 81 184 1% 176 8 5%

Singapore 72 111 183 1% 133 50 38%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,353 2,716 5,069 17% 4,376 693 16%

Total Overseas-born 14,010 15,395 29,405 100% 26,794 2,611 10%

Country of birth not stated 2,854 2,790 5,644 7,402 -1,758 -24%

Born in Australia 35,197 37,197 72,394 68,075 4,319 6%

Total Persons 52,061 55,382 107,443 102,327 5,116 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Moonee Valley (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Italy 30 2,750 2,143 126 46 294 5,389

India - 8 275 277 1,803 69 2,432

Vietnam - 3 354 1,213 261 152 1,983

England 11 347 726 408 388 96 1,976

Greece 4 406 938 54 14 57 1,473

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 17 68 594 728 57 1,464

New Zealand 7 17 206 386 587 72 1,275

Malta 5 391 286 34 8 24 748

Croatia - 84 424 51 8 25 592

Philippines - - 75 275 179 8 537

Malaysia - 4 99 170 231 8 512

Germany 3 301 68 57 55 9 493

Sri Lanka - 13 96 166 195 10 480

Egypt - 144 163 76 61 11 455

Ethiopia - - - 149 272 17 438 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Moonee Valley (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 1,467 60%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 458 31%

New Zealand 410 32%

England 253 13%

Vietnam 168 8%

Nepal 161 94%

Sri Lanka 150 31%

Philippines 144 27%

Ethiopia 140 32%

Malaysia 137 27%

Ireland 109 30%

Colombia 86 70%

United States of America 86 30%

Korea, Republic of (South) 78 50%

Thailand 70 40%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,392 8%

Total 5,309 18%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Moonee Valley (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsItaly 8 12 13 143 511 1,310 1,510 1,883 5,390

India 120 35 393 1,396 191 136 84 76 2,431

Vietnam 18 41 79 694 517 330 133 171 1,983

England 76 28 90 535 399 361 256 230 1,975

Greece - 10 5 56 180 320 532 370 1,473

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 26 50 296 488 243 148 95 119 1,465

New Zealand 82 58 133 587 203 139 45 29 1,276

Malta - 6 - 41 73 188 235 206 749

Croatia - - 4 57 91 133 189 118 592

Philippines 28 30 34 229 93 86 31 6 537

Malaysia 17 27 72 219 61 83 25 9 513

Germany - 11 9 71 41 132 122 107 493

Sri Lanka 26 18 37 191 82 68 32 28 482

Egypt 25 3 11 57 55 98 91 114 454

Ethiopia 20 31 41 276 45 10 12 4 439

Table 6M’nee Valley (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 4,102 4,617 8,719 27% 9,485 -766 -8%

Greek 1,820 1,904 3,724 12% 3,750 -26 -1%

Vietnamese 1,000 1,206 2,206 7% 1,945 261 13%

Cantonese 808 985 1,793 6% 1,854 -61 -3%

Arabic 784 789 1,573 5% 1,338 235 18%

Mandarin 569 787 1,356 4% 1,035 321 31%

Spanish 450 535 985 3% 879 106 12%

Croatian 457 507 964 3% 865 99 11%

Maltese 314 387 701 2% 719 -18 -3%

Hindi 363 298 661 2% 350 311 89%

Somali 249 302 551 2% 551 0 0%

Turkish 250 273 523 2% 414 109 26%

Macedonian 236 238 474 1% 413 61 15%

Punjabi 292 151 443 1% 133 310 233%

Polish 172 235 407 1% 440 -33 -8%

Sinhalese 158 159 317 1% 329 -12 -4%

German 141 172 313 1% 327 -14 -4%

Ukrainian 134 175 309 1% 345 -36 -10%

French 135 151 286 1% 180 106 59%

Gujarati 153 126 279 1% 50 229 458%

Serbian 118 123 241 1% 213 28 13%

Amharic 87 151 238 1% 156 82 53%

Japanese 104 125 229 1% 153 76 50%

Tagalog 87 133 220 1% 188 32 17%

Filipino 91 119 210 1% 172 38 22%

Tamil 115 91 206 1% 134 72 54%

Telugu 115 86 201 1% 95 106 112%

Tigrinya 59 123 182 1% 109 73 67%

Oromo 93 85 178 1% 86 92 107%

Nepali 102 72 174 1% 7 167 2386%

Other Languages(a) 1,498 1,649 3,147 10% 2,649 498 19%

Total LOTE Speakers 15,056 16,754 31,810 100% 29,364 2,446 8%

Speaks English Only 34,397 36,149 70,546 67,091 3,455 5%

Not Stated 2,608 2,479 5,087 5,868 -781 -13%

Total Persons 52,061 55,382 107,443 102,323 5,120 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Moonee Valley (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 21,557 23,851 45,408 57% 44,417 991 2%Anglican Church of Australia 3,815 4,742 8,557 11% 9,281 -724 -8%Greek Orthodox 2,611 2,723 5,334 7% 5,038 296 6%Uniting Church 1,534 2,049 3,583 4% 4,097 -514 -13%Islam 1,507 1,530 3,037 4% 2,354 683 29%Buddhism 1,229 1,656 2,885 4% 2,642 243 9%Hinduism 1,009 761 1,770 2% 834 936 112%Presbyterian 759 915 1,674 2% 1,839 -165 -9%Christian, nfd 484 631 1,115 1% 898 217 24%Baptist 419 514 933 1% 995 -62 -6%Lutheran 189 271 460 1% 536 -76 -14%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 206 233 439 1% 391 48 12%Pentecostal, nfd 188 240 428 1% 206 222 108%Sikhism 265 160 425 1% 148 277 187%Macedonian Orthodox 178 160 338 0% 326 12 4%Jehovah's Witnesses 97 129 226 0% 239 -13 -5%Serbian Orthodox 108 101 209 0% 170 39 23%Maronite Catholic 104 99 203 0% 142 61 43%Coptic Orthodox Church 94 104 198 0% 137 61 45%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 74 118 192 0% 110 82 75%Ukrainian Catholic 78 83 161 0% 210 -49 -23%Other Protestant, nfd 62 64 126 0% 131 -5 -4%Churches of Christ (Conference) 52 73 125 0% 149 -24 -16%Salvation Army 40 60 100 0% 112 -12 -11%Russian Orthodox 29 59 88 0% 110 -22 -20%Judaism 41 25 66 0% 60 6 10%Seventh-day Adventist 27 36 63 0% 60 3 5%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 24 36 60 0% 76 -16 -21%Ukrainian Orthodox 24 36 60 0% 63 -3 -5%Assemblies of God 24 25 49 0% 230 -181 -79%Other religions(a) 825 605 1,430 2% 1,159 271 23%Total with religion 37,653 42,089 79,742 100% 77,160 2,582 3%No Religion 10,475 9,537 20,012 15,403 4,609 30%Not Stated 3,933 3,756 7,689 9,760 -2,072 -21%Total Persons 52,061 55,382 107,443 102,323 5,119 5%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Moonee Valley (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Italian 1,624 19% 1,873 20% -249 -13%

Cantonese 611 34% 633 34% -22 -3%

Vietnamese 604 27% 639 33% -35 -5%

Greek 595 16% 608 16% -13 -2%

Mandarin 273 20% 219 21% 54 25%

Arabic 223 14% 200 15% 23 12%

Spanish 160 16% 147 17% 13 9%

Croatian 136 14% 149 17% -13 -9%

Somali 98 18% 109 20% -11 -10%

Non-verbal, so described 98 83% 79 48% 19 24%

Macedonian 87 18% 66 16% 21 32%

Turkish 76 15% 77 19% -1 -1%

Maltese 58 8% 52 7% 6 12%

Tigrinya 55 30% 30 27% 25 83%

Hakka 47 42% 65 43% -18 -28%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Moreland (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 147,241 100.0 135,765 100.0 11,476 8.5

Australia-born 88,500 60.1 81,745 60.2 6,755 8.3

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 49,753 33.8 43,793 32.3 5,960 13.6

Country of birth not stated 8,992 6.1 10,227 7.5 -1,235 -12.1

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 6,997 4.8 5,587 4.1 1,410 25.2

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 42,752 29.0 38,206 28.1 4,546 11.9

OSB arrived since 2006 12,445 8.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 10,698 7.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 703 0.5 626 0.5 77 12.3

Language Other than English(e) 58,075 39.4 53,593 39.5 4,482 8.4

Australian citizen 119,404 81.1 112,947 83.2 6,457 5.7

Table 2Moreland (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeItaly 4,095 4,861 8,956 18% 9,991 -1,035 -10%

India 2,383 1,535 3,918 8% 1,862 2,056 110%

Greece 1,741 1,956 3,697 7% 4,075 -378 -9%

Lebanon 1,406 1,376 2,782 6% 2,836 -54 -2%

England 1,360 1,311 2,671 5% 2,270 401 18%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 989 1,241 2,230 4% 1,970 260 13%

New Zealand 1,061 1,114 2,175 4% 1,695 480 28%

Turkey 953 902 1,855 4% 1,641 214 13%

Pakistan 994 434 1,428 3% 720 708 98%

Nepal 776 485 1,261 3% 181 1,080 597%

Malta 471 537 1,008 2% 1,196 -188 -16%

Sri Lanka 527 474 1,001 2% 753 248 33%

Vietnam 441 551 992 2% 950 42 4%

Malaysia 414 485 899 2% 560 339 61%

Philippines 302 586 888 2% 762 126 17%

Iraq 381 371 752 2% 747 5 1%

Egypt 324 341 665 1% 699 -34 -5%

Germany 300 333 633 1% 584 49 8%

United States of America 258 291 549 1% 360 189 53%

Scotland 264 240 504 1% 446 58 13%

Indonesia 237 253 490 1% 427 63 15%

Poland 202 280 482 1% 538 -56 -10%

Croatia 227 217 444 1% 463 -19 -4%

Bangladesh 247 193 440 1% 320 120 38%

Cyprus 196 221 417 1% 474 -57 -12%

Ireland 223 187 410 1% 294 116 39%

Saudi Arabia 177 137 314 1% 170 144 85%

Fiji 135 164 299 1% 277 22 8%

Singapore 129 167 296 1% 219 77 35%

South Africa 133 145 278 1% 159 119 75%

Other countries of birth(a) 3,255 3,760 7,015 14% 6,154 861 14%

Total Overseas-born 24,601 25,148 49,749 100% 43,730 5,972 14%

Country of birth not stated 4,782 4,210 8,992 10,227 -1,235 -12%

Born in Australia 42,747 45,753 88,500 81,745 6,755 8%

Total Persons 72,130 75,111 147,241 135,765 11,476 8%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Moreland (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Italy 62 4,210 3,742 198 129 614 8,955

India - 8 130 291 3,354 134 3,917

Greece 3 807 2,423 158 44 261 3,696

Lebanon - 35 1,292 865 421 170 2,783

England 33 304 795 642 741 157 2,672

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 11 35 724 1,364 94 2,228

New Zealand 5 21 227 712 1,089 122 2,176

Turkey - - 763 693 307 90 1,853

Pakistan - - 7 206 1,164 53 1,430

Nepal - - - 39 1,178 44 1,261

Malta 4 572 351 40 - 41 1,008

Sri Lanka - 9 88 341 532 32 1,002

Vietnam 3 3 158 576 199 55 994

Malaysia - 9 110 277 483 18 897

Philippines - - 70 384 404 27 885 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Moreland (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 2,766 71%

Nepal 1,134 90%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 941 42%

Pakistan 903 63%

New Zealand 709 33%

England 457 17%

Sri Lanka 396 40%

Malaysia 363 40%

Philippines 313 35%

Saudi Arabia 266 84%

Indonesia 261 53%

Lebanon 261 9%

Iraq 231 31%

Bangladesh 203 46%

United States of America 186 34%

Other countries of birth(d) 3,055 11%

Total 12,445 25%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsItaly 9 10 25 299 823 1,589 2,486 3,714 8,955

India 233 57 887 2,386 148 106 64 36 3,917

Greece 11 16 18 168 347 714 1,339 1,082 3,695

Lebanon 21 43 143 994 648 541 261 131 2,782

England 99 36 158 1,080 519 342 190 247 2,671

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 36 86 632 817 315 205 76 61 2,228

New Zealand 103 90 286 1,242 245 139 46 25 2,176

Turkey 14 41 99 726 523 244 164 44 1,855

Pakistan 142 67 304 824 72 16 3 3 1,431

Nepal 38 21 488 681 13 13 5 3 1,262

Malta - - - 36 72 214 304 382 1,008

Sri Lanka 77 38 117 444 188 70 36 31 1,001

Vietnam 19 23 69 436 205 169 37 35 993

Malaysia 68 27 146 427 110 86 23 13 900

Philippines 52 50 73 380 167 106 38 19 885

Table 6Moreland (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 6,445 7,908 14,353 25% 16,142 -1,789 -11%

Arabic 4,289 4,130 8,419 14% 8,032 387 5%

Greek 3,851 4,175 8,026 14% 8,525 -499 -6%

Turkish 1,562 1,544 3,106 5% 2,788 318 11%

Mandarin 1,066 1,270 2,336 4% 2,054 282 14%

Urdu 1,153 693 1,846 3% 869 977 112%

Nepali 814 531 1,345 2% 198 1,147 579%

Vietnamese 561 629 1,190 2% 1,126 64 6%

Punjabi 700 400 1,100 2% 224 876 391%

Hindi 621 454 1,075 2% 681 394 58%

Spanish 519 544 1,063 2% 806 257 32%

Cantonese 474 574 1,048 2% 1,014 34 3%

Maltese 375 479 854 1% 1,043 -189 -18%

Sinhalese 423 374 797 1% 566 231 41%

Assyrian(b) 355 357 712 1% 778 -66 -8%

Croatian 268 319 587 1% 611 -24 -4%

Bengali 313 272 585 1% 372 213 57%

Polish 225 305 530 1% 595 -65 -11%

German 225 297 522 1% 403 119 30%

French 231 245 476 1% 328 148 45%

Indonesian 239 216 455 1% 388 67 17%

Malayalam 221 185 406 1% 136 270 199%

Telugu 236 135 371 1% 253 118 47%

Tagalog 127 220 347 1% 317 30 9%

Japanese 125 182 307 1% 214 93 43%

Tamil 175 128 303 1% 247 56 23%

Filipino 105 193 298 1% 267 31 12%

Malay 143 150 293 1% 139 154 111%

Serbian 138 139 277 0% 300 -23 -8%

Gujarati 145 120 265 0% 80 185 231%

Other Languages(a) 2,339 2,444 4,783 8% 4,097 686 17%

Total LOTE Speakers 28,463 29,612 58,075 100% 53,593 4,482 8%

Speaks English Only 39,414 41,931 81,345 74,127 7,218 10%

Not Stated 4,253 3,570 7,823 8,045 -221 -3%

Total Persons 72,130 75,113 147,243 135,765 11,479 8%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Moreland (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 22,373 25,458 47,831 47% 49,445 -1,614 -3%Islam 7,359 6,354 13,713 13% 10,620 3,093 29%Greek Orthodox 5,043 5,279 10,322 10% 10,660 -338 -3%Anglican Church of Australia 3,520 4,503 8,023 8% 9,198 -1,175 -13%Hinduism 2,099 1,386 3,485 3% 1,585 1,900 120%Buddhism 1,547 1,853 3,400 3% 2,703 697 26%Uniting Church 1,170 1,667 2,837 3% 3,301 -464 -14%Presbyterian 764 889 1,653 2% 1,880 -227 -12%Christian, nfd 615 803 1,418 1% 1,166 252 22%Sikhism 595 355 950 1% 215 735 342%Baptist 372 506 878 1% 1,032 -154 -15%Maronite Catholic 339 346 685 1% 529 156 29%Lutheran 253 316 569 1% 642 -73 -11%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 201 235 436 0% 447 -11 -2%Pentecostal, nfd 174 248 422 0% 210 212 101%Jehovah's Witnesses 150 209 359 0% 351 8 2%Antiochian Orthodox 128 130 258 0% 340 -82 -24%Serbian Orthodox 111 127 238 0% 255 -17 -7%Judaism 91 120 211 0% 148 63 43%Salvation Army 83 120 203 0% 239 -36 -15%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 98 100 198 0% 214 -16 -7%Macedonian Orthodox 78 91 169 0% 163 6 4%Coptic Orthodox Church 85 82 167 0% 136 31 23%Russian Orthodox 53 101 154 0% 139 15 11%Paganism 45 77 122 0% 151 -29 -19%Assyrian Church of the East 59 57 116 0% 115 1 1%Other Protestant, nfd 60 55 115 0% 101 14 14%Churches of Christ (Conference) 47 54 101 0% 114 -13 -11%Syrian Orthodox Church 62 36 98 0% 63 35 56%Ukrainian Catholic 37 60 97 0% 141 -44 -31%Other religions(a) 1,540 1,201 2,741 3% 3,014 -273 -9%Total with religion 49,151 52,818 101,969 100% 99,317 2,652 3%No Religion 16,805 16,718 33,523 23,266 10,257 44%Not Stated 6,174 5,577 11,751 13,182 -1,432 -11%Total Persons 72,130 75,113 147,243 135,765 11,477 8%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Moreland (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

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2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Italian 3,320 23% 3,997 25% -677 -17%Greek 1,985 25% 2,204 26% -219 -10%Arabic 1,374 16% 1,462 18% -88 -6%Turkish 624 20% 628 23% -4 -1%Mandarin 520 22% 487 24% 33 7%Vietnamese 355 30% 314 28% 41 13%Cantonese 255 24% 296 29% -41 -14%Non-verbal, so described 198 74% 158 49% 40 25%Urdu 186 10% 96 11% 90 94%Assyrian(c) 147 21% 222 29% 75 34%Spanish 127 12% 129 16% -2 -2%Croatian 89 15% 104 17% -15 -14%Bengali 82 14% 44 12% 38 86%Kurdish 81 35% 49 27% 32 65%Nepali 78 6% 15 8% 63 420%

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(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Mornington Peninsula (S): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 144,606 100.0 136,482 100.0 8,124 6.0

Australia-born 110,390 76.3 101,991 74.7 8,399 8.2

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 26,278 18.2 23,392 17.1 2,886 12.3

Country of birth not stated 7,941 5.5 11,099 8.1 -3,158 -28.5

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 17,738 12.3 15,766 11.6 1,972 12.5

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 8,540 5.9 7,626 5.6 914 12.0

OSB arrived since 2006 3,060 2.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 797 0.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 973 0.7 635 0.5 338 53.2

Language Other than English(e) 7,148 4.9 6,081 4.5 1,067 17.5

Australian citizen 127,654 88.3 117,890 86.4 9,764 8.3

Table 2Mornington Peninsula (S): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 5,618 6,033 11,651 44% 10,424 1,227 12%

New Zealand 963 1,010 1,973 8% 1,738 235 14%

Scotland 746 797 1,543 6% 1,481 62 4%

Italy 592 472 1,064 4% 1,013 51 5%

Netherlands 479 461 940 4% 973 -33 -3%

Germany 428 453 881 3% 855 26 3%

Ireland 321 280 601 2% 491 110 22%

South Africa 285 292 577 2% 402 175 44%

Greece 280 277 557 2% 543 14 3%

United States of America 257 232 489 2% 446 43 10%

Northern Ireland 152 144 296 1% 268 28 10%

Wales 148 146 294 1% 251 43 17%

Philippines 63 223 286 1% 223 63 28%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 103 183 286 1% 184 102 55%

India 134 146 280 1% 200 80 40%

Canada 128 140 268 1% 222 46 21%

Croatia 135 124 259 1% 236 23 10%

Malta 98 99 197 1% 211 -14 -7%

Malaysia 81 109 190 1% 171 19 11%

Poland 82 86 168 1% 167 1 1%

Egypt 82 85 167 1% 144 23 16%

Sri Lanka 83 72 155 1% 127 28 22%

Mauritius 71 67 138 1% 88 50 57%

Austria 74 56 130 0% 127 3 2%

France 59 69 128 0% 97 31 32%

Thailand 34 92 126 0% 74 52 70%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 60 48 108 0% 124 -16 -13%

Denmark 51 52 103 0% 100 3 3%

Hungary 49 46 95 0% 92 3 3%

Indonesia 37 58 95 0% 73 22 30%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,043 1,187 2,230 8% 1,847 383 21%

Total Overseas-born 12,736 13,539 26,275 100% 23,365 2,910 12%

Country of birth not stated 3,775 4,166 7,941 11,099 -3,158 -28%

Born in Australia 53,534 56,856 110,390 101,991 8,399 8%

Total Persons 70,045 74,561 144,606 136,482 8,124 6%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Mornington Peninsula (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

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1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 70 1,790 4,833 1,919 2,445 594 11,651

New Zealand 14 82 588 776 403 110 1,973

Scotland 20 325 644 263 210 80 1,542

Italy 13 583 354 21 27 66 1,064

Netherlands - 604 182 87 44 26 943

Germany 5 431 210 142 69 23 880

Ireland - 63 205 144 156 32 600

South Africa - 18 132 182 236 9 577

Greece 3 181 327 20 - 26 557

United States of America 3 15 129 145 176 20 488

Northern Ireland - 58 145 59 29 4 295

Wales - 36 113 57 76 10 292

Philippines - - 22 123 135 9 289

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 19 12 73 152 30 289

India 3 32 80 45 106 15 281 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Mornington Peninsula (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

England 1,500 13%

New Zealand 223 11%

Scotland 136 9%

South Africa 125 22%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 124 43%

Ireland 99 16%

India 86 31%

Philippines 83 29%

United States of America 67 14%

Thailand 54 42%

Wales 49 17%

Canada 45 17%

Malaysia 33 17%

Germany 28 3%

Italy 22 2%

Other countries of birth(d) 386 7%

Total 3,060 12%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 516 472 243 1,865 2,116 2,168 2,248 2,020 11,648 New Zealand 79 83 90 615 425 337 221 123 1,973 Scotland 39 34 17 221 286 297 363 284 1,541 Italy 9 - - 43 83 275 341 312 1,063 Netherlands 8 11 3 79 73 290 281 198 943 Germany 15 19 9 82 98 216 251 191 881 Ireland 45 24 14 136 110 105 86 83 603 South Africa 23 45 33 164 116 92 73 33 579 Greece - 3 5 25 37 115 231 141 557 United States of America 54 42 18 139 89 84 41 21 488 Northern Ireland 3 3 4 43 55 66 69 54 297 Wales 17 11 6 54 44 59 50 50 291 China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 13 76 29 62 44 30 13 21 288 Philippines 20 21 21 105 54 45 18 3 287 India 16 7 10 92 34 37 53 31 280

Table 6Mornington Peninsula (S): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 753 706 1,459 20% 1,325 134 10%Greek 531 518 1,049 15% 899 150 17%German 255 316 571 8% 575 -4 -1%Dutch 163 204 367 5% 389 -22 -6%Croatian 145 135 280 4% 223 57 26%French 122 148 270 4% 178 92 52%Spanish 120 117 237 3% 203 34 17%Mandarin 91 122 213 3% 177 36 20%Cantonese 78 88 166 2% 153 13 8%Polish 53 69 122 2% 154 -32 -21%Thai 36 74 110 2% 58 52 90%Japanese 44 65 109 2% 86 23 27%Arabic 62 41 103 1% 99 4 4%Serbian 43 57 100 1% 77 23 30%Afrikaans 43 52 95 1% 79 16 20%Hungarian 44 50 94 1% 90 4 4%Filipino 23 61 84 1% 58 26 45%Tagalog 24 58 82 1% 41 41 100%Maltese 35 45 80 1% 98 -18 -18%Danish 39 33 72 1% 60 12 20%Swedish 32 34 66 1% 62 4 6%Russian 28 38 66 1% 46 20 43%Turkish 24 38 62 1% 24 38 158%Chinese, nfd 21 38 59 1% 17 42 247%Indonesian 21 37 58 1% 32 26 81%Vietnamese 14 39 53 1% 42 11 26%Malayalam 28 23 51 1% 10 41 410%Auslan 18 30 48 1% 30 18 60%Macedonian 22 23 45 1% 34 11 32%Hindi 22 19 41 1% 17 24 141%Other Languages(a) 459 477 936 13% 745 191 26%Total LOTE Speakers 3,393 3,755 7,148 100% 6,081 1,067 18%Speaks English Only 63,383 67,243 130,626 121,524 9,102 7%Not Stated 3,266 3,568 6,834 8,877 -2,043 -23%Total Persons 70,042 74,566 144,608 136,482 8,126 6%

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Table 7Mornington Peninsula (S): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 15,060 16,789 31,849 36% 28,765 3,084 11%Anglican Church of Australia 14,039 16,508 30,547 34% 29,821 726 2%Uniting Church 3,100 4,119 7,219 8% 7,404 -185 -2%Presbyterian 2,407 2,785 5,192 6% 5,231 -39 -1%Christian, nfd 1,163 1,311 2,474 3% 1,695 779 46%Baptist 978 1,245 2,223 3% 2,331 -108 -5%Greek Orthodox 801 757 1,558 2% 1,309 249 19%Buddhism 496 675 1,171 1% 718 453 63%Lutheran 388 411 799 1% 777 22 3%Pentecostal, nfd 289 312 601 1% 487 114 23%Jehovah's Witnesses 239 321 560 1% 558 2 0%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 153 173 326 0% 255 71 28%Salvation Army 129 183 312 0% 322 -10 -3%Churches of Christ (Conference) 131 169 300 0% 352 -52 -15%Hinduism 116 141 257 0% 172 85 49%Judaism 106 121 227 0% 146 81 55%Islam 122 99 221 0% 173 48 28%Spiritualism 30 100 130 0% 155 -25 -16%Other Protestant, nfd 56 70 126 0% 129 -3 -2%Serbian Orthodox 60 52 112 0% 90 22 24%Paganism 39 73 112 0% 85 27 32%Assemblies of God 25 51 76 0% 203 -127 -63%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 36 39 75 0% 48 27 56%Wiccan/Witchcraft 15 56 71 0% 49 22 45%Seventh-day Adventist 30 38 68 0% 61 7 11%Christian Revival Crusade 30 36 66 0% 210 -144 -69%Russian Orthodox 28 33 61 0% 55 6 11%Born Again Christian 25 34 59 0% 52 7 13%Reformed 20 28 48 0% 51 -3 -6%Sikhism 26 15 41 0% 22 19 86%Other religions(a) 1,133 833 1,966 2% 1,682 284 17%Total with religion 41,270 47,577 88,847 100% 83,408 5,439 7%No Religion 21,886 19,902 41,788 34,119 7,669 22%Not Stated 6,886 7,087 13,973 18,959 -4,986 -26%Total Persons 70,042 74,566 144,608 136,486 8,122 6%

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Table 8Mornington Peninsula (S): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 162 15% 144 16% 18 13%

Italian 147 10% 150 11% -3 -2%

Non-verbal, so described 65 69% 51 44% 14 27%

Mandarin 39 18% 47 26% -8 -17%

Cantonese 33 20% 46 30% -13 -28%

Chinese, nfd 26 44% 11 58% 15 136%

Thai 25 23% 14 24% 11 79%

Spanish 23 10% 26 13% -3 -12%

German 22 4% 17 3% 5 29%

Inadequately described 20 44% 6 27% 14 233%

Croatian 19 7% 30 13% -11 -37%

Japanese 15 14% 6 7% 9 150%

Khmer 13 34% 3 100% 10 333%

Polish 12 10% 16 11% -4 -25%

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Table 1Nillumbik (S): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

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Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 60,343 100.0 59,788 100.0 555 0.9

Australia-born 49,456 82.0 48,758 81.6 698 1.4

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 8,996 14.9 8,498 14.2 498 5.9

Country of birth not stated 1,891 3.1 2,532 4.2 -641 -25.3

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 4,646 7.7 4,302 7.2 344 8.0

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 4,350 7.2 4,196 7.0 154 3.7

OSB arrived since 2006 1,029 1.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 372 0.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 194 0.3 154 0.3 40 26.0

Language Other than English(e) 4,891 8.1 4,454 7.4 437 9.8

Australian citizen 55,745 92.4 55,062 92.1 683 1.2

Table 2Nillumbik (S): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 1,454 1,313 2,767 31% 2,628 139 5%

Italy 389 313 702 8% 770 -68 -9%

New Zealand 318 288 606 7% 525 81 15%

Germany 162 196 358 4% 396 -38 -10%

Scotland 181 176 357 4% 324 33 10%

South Africa 131 119 250 3% 212 38 18%

Netherlands 119 115 234 3% 240 -6 -3%

United States of America 113 113 226 3% 208 18 9%

Greece 114 98 212 2% 245 -33 -13%

Malaysia 88 112 200 2% 191 9 5%

India 85 95 180 2% 162 18 11%

Ireland 98 68 166 2% 144 22 15%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 63 75 138 2% 89 49 55%

FYROM 63 59 122 1% 120 2 2%

Sri Lanka 61 60 121 1% 102 19 19%

Canada 65 53 118 1% 103 15 15%

Malta 56 61 117 1% 134 -17 -13%

Croatia 54 61 115 1% 127 -12 -9%

Wales 45 40 85 1% 80 5 6%

Egypt 41 40 81 1% 95 -14 -15%

Singapore 35 42 77 1% 62 15 24%

Poland 25 46 71 1% 63 8 13%

Philippines 22 48 70 1% 66 4 6%

Northern Ireland 28 40 68 1% 69 -1 -1%

France 39 29 68 1% 46 22 48%

Switzerland 31 32 63 1% 67 -4 -6%

Cyprus 35 27 62 1% 65 -3 -5%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 28 28 56 1% 51 5 10%

Japan 20 36 56 1% 34 22 65%

Lebanon 26 27 53 1% 46 7 15%

Other countries of birth(a) 513 684 1,197 13% 1,034 163 16%

Total Overseas-born 4,502 4,494 8,996 100% 8,490 506 6%

Country of birth not stated 909 982 1,891 2,532 -641 -25%

Born in Australia 24,484 24,972 49,456 48,758 698 1%

Total Persons 29,895 30,448 60,343 59,788 555 1%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Nillumbik (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 16 338 952 667 709 86 2,768

Italy - 356 271 21 3 51 702

New Zealand 3 15 137 266 164 21 606

Germany - 150 75 70 51 11 357

Scotland 4 53 145 73 68 12 355

South Africa - - 33 92 117 9 251

Netherlands 3 116 47 35 27 8 236

United States of America - 3 62 88 65 9 227

Greece - 53 145 4 3 10 215

Malaysia - 5 80 83 30 3 201

India - 5 51 69 51 - 176

Ireland - 17 60 49 28 10 164

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 8 11 43 75 3 140

Sri Lanka - 6 46 47 18 4 121

FYROM - 16 82 22 - - 120 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Nillumbik (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

England 375 14%

New Zealand 96 16%

South Africa 50 20%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 41 30%

Scotland 39 11%

United States of America 34 15%

Germany 28 8%

Singapore 25 32%

India 22 12%

Wales 21 24%

Ireland 19 12%

Malaysia 16 8%

Canada 15 13%

Netherlands 15 6%

Korea, Republic of (South) 13 43%

Other countries of birth(d) 220 7%

Total 1,029 11%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Nillumbik (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 157 170 72 576 701 572 334 186 2,768

Italy - 3 3 35 158 275 145 84 703

New Zealand 35 40 35 183 171 97 31 15 607

Germany 14 11 10 53 43 97 93 38 359

Scotland 8 15 13 61 84 92 58 25 356

South Africa 13 30 23 85 55 26 14 4 250

Netherlands 5 - 3 44 30 63 55 34 234

United States of America 22 18 18 51 63 44 8 3 227

Greece - 4 - 16 63 71 41 19 214

Malaysia 6 6 3 44 41 82 16 3 201

India 3 4 18 43 40 41 19 10 178

Ireland 7 3 - 58 32 39 18 9 166

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 11 4 9 65 17 16 14 3 139

FYROM - 3 3 26 34 39 13 6 124

Sri Lanka - - 5 35 29 33 12 5 119

Table 6Nillumbik (S): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 594 611 1,205 25% 1,269 -64 -5%

Greek 276 299 575 12% 592 -17 -3%

Macedonian 162 160 322 7% 295 27 9%

German 117 180 297 6% 314 -17 -5%

Mandarin 97 122 219 4% 113 106 94%

Arabic 85 90 175 4% 156 19 12%

Croatian 68 91 159 3% 169 -10 -6%

French 71 77 148 3% 90 58 64%

Dutch 61 87 148 3% 121 27 22%

Spanish 51 72 123 3% 94 29 31%

Cantonese 46 56 102 2% 101 1 1%

Serbian 39 49 88 2% 96 -8 -8%

Turkish 45 39 84 2% 75 9 12%

Polish 30 48 78 2% 56 22 39%

Hindi 36 35 71 1% 53 18 34%

Maltese 28 34 62 1% 66 -4 -6%

Japanese 25 35 60 1% 39 21 54%

Sinhalese 29 28 57 1% 32 25 78%

Afrikaans 30 26 56 1% 33 23 70%

Persian (excluding Dari) 23 26 49 1% 33 16 48%

Punjabi 29 20 49 1% 26 23 88%

Russian 25 21 46 1% 25 21 84%

Auslan 20 23 43 1% 22 21 95%

Thai 9 31 40 1% 20 20 100%

Vietnamese 14 25 39 1% 6 33 550%

Hungarian 15 22 37 1% 41 -4 -10%

Swedish 12 20 32 1% 33 -1 -3%

Indonesian 9 23 32 1% 28 4 14%

Romanian 11 17 28 1% 24 4 17%

Ukrainian 11 16 27 1% 28 -1 -4%

Other Languages(a) 195 245 440 9% 404 36 9%

Total LOTE Speakers 2,263 2,628 4,891 100% 4,454 437 10%

Speaks English Only 26,866 27,022 53,888 53,457 431 1%

Not Stated 766 798 1,564 1,880 -316 -17%

Total Persons 29,895 30,448 60,343 59,791 552 1%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Nillumbik (S): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 8,005 8,481 16,486 44% 16,893 -407 -2%Anglican Church of Australia 4,133 4,594 8,727 24% 8,926 -199 -2%Uniting Church 1,130 1,456 2,586 7% 2,906 -320 -11%Presbyterian 675 769 1,444 4% 1,431 13 1%Greek Orthodox 640 586 1,226 3% 1,300 -74 -6%Christian, nfd 543 624 1,167 3% 864 303 35%Baptist 483 576 1,059 3% 1,079 -20 -2%Buddhism 222 367 589 2% 408 181 44%Lutheran 186 228 414 1% 463 -49 -11%Brethren 168 187 355 1% 172 183 106%Macedonian Orthodox 162 134 296 1% 242 54 22%Islam 139 126 265 1% 187 78 42%Pentecostal, nfd 126 138 264 1% 166 98 59%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 71 82 153 0% 140 13 9%Salvation Army 56 88 144 0% 130 14 11%Hinduism 71 63 134 0% 106 28 26%Serbian Orthodox 47 65 112 0% 98 14 14%Jehovah's Witnesses 41 55 96 0% 117 -21 -18%Judaism 34 38 72 0% 57 15 26%Churches of Christ (Conference) 26 37 63 0% 105 -42 -40%Paganism 21 42 63 0% 46 17 37%Sikhism 28 29 57 0% 36 21 58%Seventh-day Adventist 22 34 56 0% 54 2 4%Russian Orthodox 22 25 47 0% 43 4 9%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 21 25 46 0% 62 -16 -26%Other Protestant, nfd 23 18 41 0% 59 -18 -31%Spiritualism 7 27 34 0% 35 -1 -3%Baha'i 18 10 28 0% 26 2 8%Assemblies of God 13 14 27 0% 97 -70 -72%Coptic Orthodox Church 13 12 25 0% 31 -6 -19%Other religions(a) 558 417 975 3% 906 69 8%Total with religion 17,704 19,347 37,051 100% 37,185 -134 0%No Religion 10,112 8,991 19,103 16,183 2,920 18%Not Stated 2,079 2,110 4,189 6,422 -2,233 -35%Total Persons 29,895 30,448 60,343 59,790 553 1%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Nillumbik (S): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Italian 69 6% 78 6% -9 -12%

Greek 47 8% 35 6% 12 34%

Mandarin 32 15% 14 12% 18 129%

Non-verbal, so described 23 68% 32 52% -9 -28%

Arabic 18 10% 15 9% 3 20%

Croatian 14 9% 22 13% -8 -36%

Macedonian 12 4% 18 6% -6 -33%

Auslan 8 19% 8 36% 0 0%

Dutch 8 5% 6 5% 2 33%

Thai 7 18% 5 28% 2 40%

Turkish 6 7% 12 16% -6 -50%

Somali 6 60% 0 0% 6 -

Japanese 6 10% 3 9% 3 100%

Korean 6 23% 3 21% 3 100%

Punjabi 6 12% 0 0% 6 -(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Port Phillip (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 91,368 100.0 85,097 100.0 6,271 7.4

Australia-born 55,251 60.5 50,402 59.2 4,849 9.6

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 28,465 31.2 23,087 27.1 5,378 23.3

Country of birth not stated 7,652 8.4 11,608 13.6 -3,956 -34.1

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 11,768 12.9 8,978 10.6 2,790 31.1

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 16,697 18.3 14,109 16.6 2,588 18.3

OSB arrived since 2006 10,015 11.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 5,104 5.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 283 0.3 233 0.3 50 21.5

Language Other than English(e) 17,997 19.7 14,963 17.6 3,034 20.3

Australian citizen 69,263 75.8 64,020 75.2 5,243 8.2

Table 2Port Phillip (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 2,514 1,984 4,498 16% 3,841 657 17%

New Zealand 1,423 1,535 2,958 10% 2,348 610 26%

India 1,153 738 1,891 7% 967 924 96%

Greece 617 679 1,296 5% 1,397 -101 -7%

Ireland 702 558 1,260 4% 459 801 175%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 459 688 1,147 4% 794 353 44%

United States of America 482 550 1,032 4% 699 333 48%

Malaysia 324 415 739 3% 551 188 34%

Germany 321 365 686 2% 601 85 14%

Scotland 369 297 666 2% 575 91 16%

South Africa 335 327 662 2% 529 133 25%

Italy 315 266 581 2% 578 3 1%

Indonesia 266 306 572 2% 644 -72 -11%

Poland 235 335 570 2% 731 -161 -22%

Ukraine 250 319 569 2% 595 -26 -4%

France 239 213 452 2% 263 189 72%

Russian Federation 155 277 432 2% 486 -54 -11%

Canada 172 225 397 1% 311 86 28%

Philippines 106 209 315 1% 217 98 45%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 139 172 311 1% 273 38 14%

Japan 96 209 305 1% 252 53 21%

Israel 177 120 297 1% 264 33 13%

Vietnam 114 158 272 1% 174 98 56%

Singapore 128 140 268 1% 244 24 10%

Netherlands 140 122 262 1% 242 20 8%

Thailand 82 148 230 1% 138 92 67%

Korea, Republic of (South) 82 141 223 1% 159 64 40%

Sri Lanka 107 112 219 1% 173 46 27%

Mauritius 101 78 179 1% 121 58 48%

Hungary 88 91 179 1% 208 -29 -14%

Other countries of birth(a) 2,441 2,556 4,997 18% 4,253 744 17%

Total Overseas-born 14,132 14,333 28,465 100% 22,868 5,597 24%

Country of birth not stated 4,188 3,464 7,652 11,608 -3,956 -34%

Born in Australia 26,994 28,257 55,251 50,402 4,849 10%

Total Persons 45,314 46,054 91,368 85,097 6,271 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Port Phillip (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 16 298 1,010 875 2,100 198 4,497

New Zealand 5 22 330 762 1,696 143 2,958

India - 15 119 182 1,508 68 1,892

Greece - 293 898 24 19 61 1,295

Ireland 4 22 75 135 981 45 1,262

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 17 23 289 768 48 1,148

United States of America - 8 131 242 616 35 1,032

Malaysia 3 3 94 247 360 34 741

Germany 8 155 83 124 294 23 687

Scotland - 53 164 126 292 30 665

South Africa - 6 101 298 245 12 662

Italy 10 217 177 33 100 44 581

Poland 9 112 106 271 62 11 571

Indonesia - 6 16 144 388 16 570

Ukraine - 9 99 392 50 18 568 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Port Phillip (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

England 1,581 35%

India 1,288 68%

New Zealand 1,251 42%

Ireland 899 71%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 519 45%

United States of America 499 48%

France 258 57%

Indonesia 255 44%

Malaysia 224 30%

Germany 216 32%

Scotland 208 31%

Canada 173 44%

South Africa 163 25%

Japan 132 44%

Thailand 102 44%

Other countries of birth(d) 2,247 20%

Total 10,015 35%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Port Phillip (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 160 39 285 2,358 698 516 299 144 4,499

New Zealand 49 34 437 1,699 399 223 85 32 2,958

India 95 16 337 1,217 90 61 47 29 1,892

Greece 4 - 3 74 137 218 474 386 1,296

Ireland 9 8 284 790 73 51 24 22 1,261

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 37 59 325 425 144 87 34 36 1,147

United States of America 107 26 101 472 153 136 27 10 1,032

Malaysia 12 13 155 372 84 66 28 7 737

Germany 14 9 43 312 82 108 62 56 686

Scotland 5 7 47 325 103 82 54 42 665

South Africa 8 8 52 413 64 82 28 10 665

Italy 4 - 21 115 74 117 120 132 583

Indonesia 8 31 226 248 28 22 6 4 573

Poland - 4 14 162 77 156 61 97 571

Ukraine - 7 22 87 56 80 117 199 568

Table 6Port Phillip (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Greek 1,414 1,492 2,906 16% 2,882 24 1%

Russian 608 798 1,406 8% 1,461 -55 -4%

Mandarin 564 772 1,336 7% 995 341 34%

Italian 592 602 1,194 7% 1,097 97 9%

French 389 417 806 4% 450 356 79%

Cantonese 335 448 783 4% 681 102 15%

Spanish 355 378 733 4% 486 247 51%

German 311 320 631 4% 507 124 24%

Hindi 378 230 608 3% 324 284 88%

Indonesian 236 261 497 3% 538 -41 -8%

Polish 202 284 486 3% 542 -56 -10%

Hebrew 203 181 384 2% 333 51 15%

Arabic 166 158 324 2% 264 60 23%

Japanese 137 186 323 2% 255 68 27%

Gujarati 187 120 307 2% 54 253 469%

Vietnamese 118 170 288 2% 177 111 63%

Yiddish 132 105 237 1% 265 -28 -11%

Turkish 122 106 228 1% 165 63 38%

Serbian 110 102 212 1% 200 12 6%

Croatian 88 122 210 1% 185 25 14%

Dutch 97 100 197 1% 158 39 25%

Hungarian 79 113 192 1% 220 -28 -13%

Korean 79 107 186 1% 142 44 31%

Thai 74 112 186 1% 112 74 66%

Portuguese 76 100 176 1% 103 73 71%

Punjabi 109 61 170 1% 67 103 154%

Persian (excluding Dari) 77 60 137 1% 62 75 121%

Tamil 76 58 134 1% 75 59 79%

Telugu 85 45 130 1% 58 72 124%

Macedonian 70 56 126 1% 81 45 56%

Other Languages(a) 1,188 1,276 2,464 14% 2,024 440 22%

Total LOTE Speakers 8,657 9,340 17,997 100% 14,963 3,034 20%

Speaks English Only 32,631 33,475 66,106 59,440 6,666 11%

Not Stated 4,026 3,239 7,265 10,692 -3,424 -32%

Total Persons 45,314 46,054 91,368 85,095 6,276 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Port Phillip (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 8,804 10,163 18,967 38% 17,620 1,347 8%Anglican Church of Australia 4,596 5,138 9,734 19% 10,205 -471 -5%Judaism 1,933 1,957 3,890 8% 3,922 -32 -1%Greek Orthodox 1,840 1,865 3,705 7% 3,598 107 3%Buddhism 852 1,164 2,016 4% 1,632 384 24%Uniting Church 876 1,111 1,987 4% 2,246 -259 -12%Hinduism 1,023 667 1,690 3% 780 910 117%Presbyterian 622 774 1,396 3% 1,529 -133 -9%Christian, nfd 469 618 1,087 2% 858 229 27%Islam 553 469 1,022 2% 841 181 22%Baptist 281 328 609 1% 493 116 24%Lutheran 273 316 589 1% 612 -23 -4%Pentecostal, nfd 75 118 193 0% 139 54 39%Russian Orthodox 61 112 173 0% 156 17 11%Jehovah's Witnesses 64 108 172 0% 138 34 25%Sikhism 100 65 165 0% 86 79 92%Serbian Orthodox 87 67 154 0% 177 -23 -13%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 58 77 135 0% 107 28 26%Macedonian Orthodox 61 51 112 0% 57 55 96%Other Protestant, nfd 41 55 96 0% 93 3 3%Paganism 22 47 69 0% 87 -18 -21%Coptic Orthodox Church 33 34 67 0% 53 14 26%Churches of Christ (Conference) 29 34 63 0% 50 13 26%Spiritualism 11 42 53 0% 56 -3 -5%Seventh-day Adventist 22 29 51 0% 47 4 9%Salvation Army 15 35 50 0% 53 -3 -6%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 18 24 42 0% 49 -7 -14%Wiccan/Witchcraft 7 35 42 0% 53 -11 -21%Theism 20 14 34 0% 25 9 36%Ukrainian Orthodox 15 17 32 0% 22 10 45%Other religions(a) 1,114 796 1,910 4% 1,710 200 12%Total with religion 23,975 26,330 50,305 100% 47,494 2,811 6%No Religion 15,749 14,894 30,643 22,343 8,300 37%Not Stated 5,590 4,830 10,420 15,259 -4,837 -32%Total Persons 45,314 46,054 91,368 85,096 6,274 7%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Port Phillip (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 637 22% 698 24% -61 -9%

Russian 594 42% 673 46% -79 -12%

Mandarin 173 13% 162 16% 11 7%

Cantonese 99 13% 110 16% -11 -10%

Italian 93 8% 108 10% -15 -14%

Polish 74 15% 94 17% -20 -21%

Non-verbal, so described 70 74% 45 41% 25 56%

Japanese 55 17% 52 20% 3 6%

Spanish 52 7% 28 6% 24 86%

Vietnamese 51 18% 28 16% 23 82%

Turkish 43 19% 24 14% 19 79%

Arabic 39 12% 39 15% 0 0%

French 36 4% 14 3% 22 157%

Korean 35 18% 33 23% 2 6%

Thai 28 15% 9 8% 19 211%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Stonnington (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 93,145 100.0 89,885 100.0 3,260 3.6

Australia-born 59,473 63.8 56,931 63.3 2,542 4.5

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 27,407 29.4 24,398 27.1 3,009 12.3

Country of birth not stated 6,265 6.7 8,556 9.5 -2,291 -26.8

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 8,450 9.1 7,322 8.1 1,128 15.4

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 18,957 20.4 17,076 19.0 1,881 11.0

OSB arrived since 2006 8,546 9.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 6,026 6.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 177 0.2 170 0.2 7 4.1

Language Other than English(e) 19,881 21.3 17,537 19.5 2,344 13.4

Australian citizen 74,302 79.8 71,338 79.4 2,964 4.2

Table 2Stonnington (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 1,734 1,540 3,274 12% 3,039 235 8%

India 1,434 1,003 2,437 9% 1,556 881 57%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 909 1,465 2,374 9% 1,719 655 38%

New Zealand 1,101 1,196 2,297 8% 1,896 401 21%

Greece 802 918 1,720 6% 1,886 -166 -9%

Malaysia 478 630 1,108 4% 974 134 14%

United States of America 368 421 789 3% 645 144 22%

South Africa 330 350 680 2% 606 74 12%

Italy 310 314 624 2% 686 -62 -9%

Indonesia 288 335 623 2% 740 -117 -16%

Germany 236 306 542 2% 540 2 0%

Poland 216 326 542 2% 647 -105 -16%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 242 287 529 2% 574 -45 -8%

Sri Lanka 259 257 516 2% 434 82 19%

Ireland 261 247 508 2% 289 219 76%

Singapore 244 261 505 2% 445 60 13%

Vietnam 200 301 501 2% 481 20 4%

Scotland 233 203 436 2% 466 -30 -6%

Thailand 122 217 339 1% 288 51 18%

Philippines 143 194 337 1% 244 93 38%

Japan 109 214 323 1% 393 -70 -18%

France 156 164 320 1% 251 69 27%

Ukraine 114 206 320 1% 301 19 6%

Korea, Republic of (South) 128 183 311 1% 241 70 29%

Canada 137 133 270 1% 228 42 18%

Russian Federation 97 172 269 1% 298 -29 -10%

Netherlands 114 96 210 1% 203 7 3%

Israel 108 90 198 1% 184 14 8%

Egypt 93 88 181 1% 227 -46 -20%

Mauritius 89 86 175 1% 154 21 14%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,983 2,166 4,149 15% 3,763 386 10%

Total Overseas-born 13,038 14,369 27,407 100% 24,297 3,110 12%

Country of birth not stated 3,298 2,967 6,265 8,556 -2,291 -27%

Born in Australia 28,449 31,024 59,473 56,931 2,542 4%

Total Persons 44,785 48,360 93,145 89,885 3,260 4%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Stonnington (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 43 400 877 711 1,059 185 3,275

India 3 19 156 205 1,974 80 2,437

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 45 61 581 1,616 70 2,376

New Zealand 11 52 304 655 1,173 101 2,296

Greece 3 433 1,166 41 16 61 1,720

Malaysia - 11 204 388 478 24 1,105

United States of America 3 22 133 227 376 28 789

South Africa 3 9 131 306 215 19 683

Italy 11 290 173 29 72 50 625

Indonesia 3 3 44 174 378 23 625

Germany 25 212 79 68 134 26 544

Poland 58 211 72 135 43 22 541

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3 12 76 199 217 20 527

Sri Lanka - 15 127 151 205 20 518

Ireland 3 26 59 81 323 17 509 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Stonnington (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 1,595 65%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,181 50%

New Zealand 836 36%

England 749 23%

Malaysia 325 29%

Ireland 295 58%

United States of America 276 35%

Indonesia 252 40%

Singapore 187 37%

Korea, Republic of (South) 162 52%

Sri Lanka 152 29%

Thailand 150 44%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 141 27%

France 134 42%

South Africa 131 19%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,980 32%

Total 8,546 31%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 170 87 213 1,168 548 472 347 270 3,275

India 164 19 435 1,523 115 84 59 37 2,436

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 33 99 833 810 281 147 92 82 2,377

New Zealand 51 61 359 1,096 341 240 97 54 2,299

Greece 5 - 5 73 168 258 634 576 1,719

Malaysia 17 30 233 444 153 140 59 31 1,107

United States of America 127 55 78 282 103 85 39 20 789

South Africa 12 15 64 296 101 111 49 34 682

Indonesia 8 33 222 276 33 33 6 12 623

Italy 5 4 12 82 71 125 134 190 623

Poland 3 - 8 85 43 105 82 217 543

Germany 5 - 29 153 38 132 89 96 542

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 29 31 145 164 72 59 19 8 527

Sri Lanka 7 3 70 224 57 63 39 57 520

Ireland 8 - 44 322 42 35 28 30 509

Table 6Stonnington (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Greek 1,889 2,029 3,918 20% 3,927 -9 0%

Mandarin 1,124 1,534 2,658 13% 2,014 644 32%

Cantonese 621 791 1,412 7% 1,476 -64 -4%

Italian 556 595 1,151 6% 1,212 -61 -5%

Hindi 437 311 748 4% 592 156 26%

Russian 268 463 731 4% 725 6 1%

French 299 354 653 3% 483 170 35%

Gujarati 346 217 563 3% 174 389 224%

Indonesian 264 294 558 3% 607 -49 -8%

Spanish 256 282 538 3% 326 212 65%

Vietnamese 195 276 471 2% 401 70 17%

German 187 235 422 2% 387 35 9%

Japanese 148 211 359 2% 418 -59 -14%

Polish 119 222 341 2% 360 -19 -5%

Thai 119 178 297 1% 235 62 26%

Korean 128 167 295 1% 206 89 43%

Arabic 148 110 258 1% 210 48 23%

Turkish 111 130 241 1% 240 1 0%

Sinhalese 107 119 226 1% 201 25 12%

Hebrew 104 110 214 1% 215 -1 0%

Chinese, nfd 78 120 198 1% 88 110 125%

Tamil 101 82 183 1% 152 31 20%

Punjabi 115 67 182 1% 80 102 128%

Persian (excluding Dari) 89 75 164 1% 86 78 91%

Serbian 66 98 164 1% 176 -12 -7%

Telugu 90 68 158 1% 83 75 90%

Hungarian 53 85 138 1% 176 -38 -22%

Malayalam 68 65 133 1% 58 75 129%

Malay 51 81 132 1% 76 56 74%

Tagalog 50 76 126 1% 96 30 31%

Other Languages(a) 1,106 1,143 2,249 11% 2,057 192 9%

Total LOTE Speakers 9,293 10,588 19,881 100% 17,537 2,344 13%

Speaks English Only 32,401 35,009 67,410 64,714 2,696 4%

Not Stated 3,091 2,763 5,854 7,634 -1,781 -23%

Total Persons 44,785 48,360 93,145 89,885 3,259 4%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Stonnington (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 8,710 10,680 19,390 33% 19,076 314 2%Anglican Church of Australia 6,178 7,656 13,834 24% 15,193 -1,359 -9%Greek Orthodox 2,320 2,484 4,804 8% 4,893 -89 -2%Judaism 2,193 2,380 4,573 8% 4,576 -3 0%Uniting Church 1,432 1,873 3,305 6% 3,932 -627 -16%Buddhism 1,074 1,471 2,545 4% 2,287 258 11%Hinduism 1,253 887 2,140 4% 1,332 808 61%Presbyterian 892 992 1,884 3% 1,948 -64 -3%Islam 576 507 1,083 2% 952 131 14%Christian, nfd 446 616 1,062 2% 804 258 32%Baptist 272 302 574 1% 571 3 1%Lutheran 193 268 461 1% 512 -51 -10%Pentecostal, nfd 113 169 282 0% 126 156 124%Sikhism 96 70 166 0% 101 65 64%Other Protestant, nfd 58 80 138 0% 110 28 25%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 69 67 136 0% 128 8 6%Serbian Orthodox 57 78 135 0% 140 -5 -4%Russian Orthodox 51 82 133 0% 130 3 2%Jehovah's Witnesses 48 60 108 0% 89 19 21%Churches of Christ (Conference) 36 29 65 0% 79 -14 -18%Coptic Orthodox Church 31 29 60 0% 58 2 3%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 27 26 53 0% 42 11 26%Baha'i 28 25 53 0% 43 10 23%Macedonian Orthodox 16 35 51 0% 32 19 59%Salvation Army 15 33 48 0% 75 -27 -36%Jainism 29 17 46 0% 15 31 207%Paganism 25 19 44 0% 56 -12 -21%Seventh-day Adventist 15 25 40 0% 50 -10 -20%Syrian Orthodox Church 19 20 39 0% 20 19 95%Armenian Apostolic 15 16 31 0% 56 -25 -45%Other religions(a) 884 625 1,509 3% 1,476 33 2%Total with religion 27,171 31,621 58,792 100% 58,902 -110 0%No Religion 12,997 12,370 25,367 18,815 6,552 35%Not Stated 4,617 4,369 8,986 12,168 -3,181 -26%Total Persons 44,785 48,360 93,145 89,885 3,260 4%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Stonnington (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Greek 855 22% 897 23% -42 -5%

Mandarin 380 14% 299 15% 81 27%

Russian 329 45% 345 48% -16 -5%

Cantonese 184 13% 222 15% -38 -17%

Italian 102 9% 142 12% -40 -28%

Vietnamese 70 15% 71 18% -1 -1%

Japanese 61 17% 66 16% -5 -8%

Korean 61 21% 60 29% 1 2%

Turkish 56 23% 65 27% -9 -14%

Non-verbal, so described 52 78% 53 50% -1 -2%

Chinese, nfd 42 21% 14 16% 28 200%

Thai 39 13% 31 13% 8 26%

Indonesian 32 6% 41 7% -9 -22%

Gujarati 32 6% 3 2% 29 967%

Spanish 30 6% 29 9% 1 3%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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Table 1Whitehorse (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 151,332 100.0 144,768 100.0 6,564 4.5

Australia-born 94,354 62.3 95,712 66.1 -1,358 -1.4

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 50,639 33.5 42,228 29.2 8,411 19.9

Country of birth not stated 6,343 4.2 6,828 4.7 -485 -7.1

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 9,201 6.1 9,387 6.5 -186 -2.0

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 41,434 27.4 32,841 22.7 8,593 26.2

OSB arrived since 2006 13,713 9.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 12,468 8.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 315 0.2 295 0.2 20 6.8

Language Other than English(e) 45,819 30.3 36,484 25.2 9,335 25.6

Australian citizen 123,899 81.9 123,939 85.6 -40 0.0

Table 2Whitehorse (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4866 6184 11050 22% 5,791 5,259 91%

England 2223 2133 4356 9% 4,645 -289 -6%

India 1985 1528 3513 7% 2,101 1,412 67%

Malaysia 1473 1878 3351 7% 2,659 692 26%

Vietnam 968 1199 2167 4% 2,004 163 8%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1014 1028 2042 4% 1,911 131 7%

Greece 916 997 1913 4% 2,059 -146 -7%

New Zealand 978 930 1908 4% 1,783 125 7%

Sri Lanka 945 845 1790 4% 1,458 332 23%

Italy 843 843 1686 3% 1,952 -266 -14%

Indonesia 418 456 874 2% 733 141 19%

Korea, Republic of (South) 397 474 871 2% 617 254 41%

Germany 367 429 796 2% 818 -22 -3%

Singapore 319 451 770 2% 663 107 16%

South Africa 352 415 767 2% 715 52 7%

Philippines 299 465 764 2% 567 197 35%

Scotland 355 386 741 1% 870 -129 -15%

Taiwan 269 349 618 1% 527 91 17%

Netherlands 251 271 522 1% 588 -66 -11%

United States of America 247 269 516 1% 474 42 9%

Iran 266 240 506 1% 375 131 35%

Cambodia 214 257 471 1% 506 -35 -7%

Thailand 149 263 412 1% 330 82 25%

Poland 164 244 408 1% 460 -52 -11%

Ireland 173 172 345 1% 354 -9 -3%

Japan 115 224 339 1% 281 58 21%

Egypt 153 153 306 1% 356 -50 -14%

Canada 140 132 272 1% 227 45 20%

Fiji 120 152 272 1% 250 22 9%

Croatia 132 139 271 1% 287 -16 -6%

Other countries of birth(a) 2953 3068 6021 12% 5,867 151 3%

Total Overseas-born 24,064 26,574 50,639 100% 42,147 8,434 20%

Country of birth not stated 3,205 3,138 6,343 6,828 -485 -7%

Born in Australia 45,553 48,801 94,354 95,712 -1,358 -1%

Total Persons 72,822 78,513 151,335 144,768 6,564 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Whitehorse (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 43 171 3,033 7,323 481 11,051

England 60 923 1,634 868 683 191 4,359

India - 45 248 713 2,408 98 3,512

Malaysia 6 29 407 1,420 1,408 83 3,353

Vietnam - 3 708 987 371 101 2,170

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3 21 187 1,094 673 63 2,041

Greece 11 520 1,196 79 26 81 1,913

New Zealand 13 58 372 696 686 84 1,909

Sri Lanka - 49 259 655 769 59 1,791

Italy 14 842 644 46 32 106 1,684

Indonesia - 22 51 351 426 25 875

Korea, Republic of (South) - - 22 154 643 51 870

Germany - 422 155 121 79 20 797

Singapore - 11 102 236 400 22 771

South Africa - 10 149 270 321 19 769 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Whitehorse (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5,176 47%

India 1,838 52%

Malaysia 862 26%

Sri Lanka 577 32%

Korea, Republic of (South) 414 48%

New Zealand 411 22%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 410 20%

England 375 9%

Vietnam 296 14%

Indonesia 284 32%

Singapore 254 33%

Philippines 249 33%

Iran 235 46%

South Africa 163 21%

Taiwan 151 24%

Other countries of birth(d) 2,018 30%

Total 13,713 27%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Whitehorse (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsChina (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 286 510 3,145 3,851 1,574 756 455 475 11,052

England 196 151 128 790 813 786 741 754 4,359

India 163 107 607 1,790 338 237 154 115 3,511

Malaysia 145 197 364 1,193 604 518 214 117 3,352

Vietnam 18 44 181 794 499 401 144 89 2,170

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 39 120 408 699 356 305 67 48 2,042

Greece 3 10 9 94 176 379 712 529 1,912

New Zealand 170 157 140 622 366 252 116 87 1,910

Sri Lanka 47 38 265 648 232 289 124 147 1,790

Italy 3 8 4 61 126 409 459 615 1,685

Indonesia 19 57 157 440 65 66 38 32 874

Korea, Republic of (South) 72 116 119 404 98 33 18 10 870

Germany 8 18 23 100 72 186 194 197 798

Singapore 107 87 68 236 112 96 47 18 771

South Africa 47 78 48 260 148 84 66 37 768

Table 6Whitehorse (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Mandarin 5179 6174 11353 25% 6,299 5,054 80%

Cantonese 3603 4159 7762 17% 6,742 1,020 15%

Greek 2299 2462 4761 10% 4,928 -167 -3%

Italian 1229 1422 2651 6% 3,065 -414 -14%

Vietnamese 855 1003 1858 4% 1,601 257 16%

Hindi 656 539 1195 3% 754 441 58%

Sinhalese 557 465 1022 2% 675 347 51%

Korean 438 504 942 2% 623 319 51%

Chinese, nfd 389 422 811 2% 275 536 195%

Indonesian 390 398 788 2% 616 172 28%

Punjabi 485 302 787 2% 320 467 146%

German 306 411 717 2% 732 -15 -2%

Tamil 320 337 657 1% 516 141 27%

Persian (excluding Dari) 313 296 609 1% 457 152 33%

Spanish 284 301 585 1% 508 77 15%

Gujarati 281 245 526 1% 291 235 81%

Min Nan 219 286 505 1% 499 6 1%

Arabic 259 236 495 1% 578 -83 -14%

Japanese 193 260 453 1% 327 126 39%

Polish 169 249 418 1% 456 -38 -8%

French 179 214 393 1% 327 66 20%

Thai 151 207 358 1% 228 130 57%

Croatian 149 168 317 1% 313 4 1%

Tagalog 113 186 299 1% 209 90 43%

Filipino 110 157 267 1% 198 69 35%

Dutch 112 149 261 1% 276 -15 -5%

Hungarian 107 143 250 1% 381 -131 -34%

Serbian 124 126 250 1% 278 -28 -10%

Khmer 109 132 241 1% 339 -98 -29%

Russian 95 142 237 1% 244 -7 -3%

Other Languages(a) 2033 2018 4051 9% 3,429 622 18%

Total LOTE Speakers 21,706 24,113 45,819 100% 36,484 9,335 26%

Speaks English Only 48,253 51,699 99,952 102,971 -3,019 -3%

Not Stated 2,863 2,701 5,564 5,313 254 5%

Total Persons 72,822 78,513 151,335 144,768 6,570 5%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Whitehorse (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 15,774 17,905 33,679 34% 34,821 -1,142 -3%Anglican Church of Australia 7,346 9,162 16,508 17% 18,333 -1,825 -10%Uniting Church 3,232 4,622 7,854 8% 9,207 -1,353 -15%Buddhism 3,436 4,176 7,612 8% 6,122 1,490 24%Greek Orthodox 3,030 3,194 6,224 6% 6,347 -123 -2%Baptist 2,054 2,555 4,609 5% 4,493 116 3%Presbyterian 1,631 2,031 3,662 4% 3,830 -168 -4%Christian, nfd 1,546 1,851 3,397 3% 2,847 550 19%Hinduism 1,631 1,376 3,007 3% 1,900 1,107 58%Islam 861 714 1,575 2% 1,134 441 39%Pentecostal, nfd 650 809 1,459 1% 928 531 57%Lutheran 525 647 1,172 1% 1,338 -166 -12%Sikhism 482 334 816 1% 412 404 98%Salvation Army 293 428 721 1% 838 -117 -14%Churches of Christ (Conference) 295 358 653 1% 827 -174 -21%Seventh-day Adventist 191 261 452 0% 426 26 6%Judaism 134 169 303 0% 324 -21 -6%Other Protestant, nfd 134 163 297 0% 262 35 13%Jehovah's Witnesses 124 141 265 0% 277 -12 -4%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 118 128 246 0% 244 2 1%Serbian Orthodox 103 108 211 0% 224 -13 -6%Baha'i 90 79 169 0% 215 -46 -21%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 78 85 163 0% 196 -33 -17%Russian Orthodox 48 101 149 0% 157 -8 -5%Churches of Christ, nfd 65 80 145 0% 122 23 19%Macedonian Orthodox 72 72 144 0% 164 -20 -12%Other Protestant, nec 52 79 131 0% 60 71 118%Coptic Orthodox Church 58 63 121 0% 103 18 17%Assemblies of God 48 58 106 0% 359 -253 -70%Reformed 39 52 91 0% 99 -8 -8%Other religions(a) 1,323 1,161 2,484 3% 2,478 6 0%Total with religion 45,463 52,962 98,425 100% 99,087 -662 -1%No Religion 21,633 19,867 41,500 31,869 9,631 30%Not Stated 5,726 5,684 11,410 13,812 -2,402 -17%Total Persons 72,822 78,513 151,335 144,768 6,567 5%

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Table 8Whitehorse (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Mandarin 2737 24% 1532 24% 1,205 79%

Cantonese 1834 24% 1583 23% 251 16%

Greek 814 17% 845 17% -31 -4%

Vietnamese 419 23% 410 26% 9 2%

Italian 384 14% 463 15% -79 -17%

Korean 289 31% 235 38% 54 23%

Chinese, nfd 227 28% 58 21% 169 291%

Non-verbal, so described 152 75% 133 46% 19 14%

Persian (excluding Dari) 125 20% 100 22% 25 25%

Khmer 75 31% 129 38% -54 -42%

Thai 74 21% 39 17% 35 90%

Min Nan 73 14% 81 16% -8 -10%

Japanese 62 14% 53 16% 9 17%

Indonesian 62 8% 43 7% 19 44%

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Whittlesea (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 154,878 100.0 124,650 100.0 30,228 24.3

Australia-born 95,566 61.7 76,904 61.7 18,662 24.3

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 52,014 33.6 40,757 32.7 11,257 27.6

Country of birth not stated 7,298 4.7 6,989 5.6 309 4.4

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 5,271 3.4 3,895 3.1 1,376 35.3

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 46,743 30.2 36,862 29.6 9,881 26.8

OSB arrived since 2006 9,420 6.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 8,376 5.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 1,125 0.7 843 0.7 282 33.5

Language Other than English(e) 66,164 42.7 53,612 43.0 12,552 23.4

Australian citizen 132,884 85.8 109,916 88.2 22,968 20.9

Table 2Whittlesea (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeItaly 3,104 3,117 6,221 12% 6,447 -226 -4%

FYROM 2,875 2,821 5,696 11% 5,625 71 1%

India 2,895 2,352 5,247 10% 1,746 3,501 201%

Greece 1,912 2,059 3,971 8% 4,198 -227 -5%

Vietnam 1,265 1,423 2,688 5% 2,242 446 20%

England 1,133 1,126 2,259 4% 1,701 558 33%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 918 1,047 1,965 4% 811 1,154 142%

Sri Lanka 982 948 1,930 4% 1,247 683 55%

Philippines 653 906 1,559 3% 1,019 540 53%

New Zealand 739 747 1,486 3% 1,071 415 39%

Lebanon 761 712 1,473 3% 1,217 256 21%

Iraq 725 702 1,427 3% 930 497 53%

Malta 519 544 1,063 2% 1,063 0 0%

Egypt 433 469 902 2% 702 200 28%

Malaysia 373 434 807 2% 468 339 72%

Turkey 405 395 800 2% 688 112 16%

Croatia 302 335 637 1% 660 -23 -3%

Cyprus 289 331 620 1% 626 -6 -1%

Fiji 255 290 545 1% 423 122 29%

Scotland 210 247 457 1% 365 92 25%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 198 220 418 1% 412 6 1%

Germany 186 197 383 1% 333 50 15%

Iran 190 170 360 1% 182 178 98%

Timor-Leste 173 168 341 1% 359 -18 -5%

South Africa 163 168 331 1% 186 145 78%

Pakistan 177 153 330 1% 176 154 88%

Serbia 149 148 297 1% 231 66 29%

Syria 143 150 293 1% 174 119 68%

Mauritius 150 142 292 1% 218 74 34%

Singapore 121 155 276 1% 110 166 151%

Other countries of birth(a) 3,411 3,529 6,940 13% 5,127 1,813 35%

Total Overseas-born 25,809 26,205 52,014 100% 40,704 11,310 28%

Country of birth not stated 3,762 3,536 7,298 6,989 309 4%

Born in Australia 47,222 48,344 95,566 76,904 18,662 24%

Total Persons 76,793 78,085 154,878 124,650 30,228 24%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Whittlesea (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

Italy 14 2,316 3,127 219 128 415 6,219

FYROM 3 173 3,233 1,660 428 200 5,697

India - 7 136 835 4,092 177 5,247

Greece 11 841 2,664 232 60 163 3,971

Vietnam - 3 268 1,754 536 129 2,690

England 5 245 974 413 517 103 2,257

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 10 32 518 1,325 78 1,963

Sri Lanka - 9 78 912 877 56 1,932

Philippines - - 87 760 679 34 1,560

New Zealand 5 14 168 549 646 102 1,484

Lebanon - 13 572 571 245 72 1,473

Iraq - - 15 721 652 39 1,427

Malta - 463 482 54 15 48 1,062

Egypt - 110 230 314 218 30 902

Malaysia - 3 73 331 379 20 806 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Whittlesea (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 3,019 58%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 830 42%

Sri Lanka 540 28%

Philippines 411 26%

Iraq 406 28%

New Zealand 393 26%

England 344 15%

Vietnam 330 12%

Malaysia 271 34%

FYROM 224 4%

Lebanon 151 10%

Iran 148 41%

Egypt 136 15%

Pakistan 117 36%

South Africa 117 35%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,983 17%

Total 9,420 18%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsItaly 24 29 27 272 941 1,781 1,631 1,516 6,221

FYROM 31 96 207 1,171 1,283 1,605 848 455 5,696

India 383 183 736 3,115 458 204 85 82 5,246

Greece 26 33 26 211 590 1,017 1,230 839 3,972

Vietnam 37 60 180 1,244 659 349 94 65 2,688

England 129 78 74 523 509 434 302 210 2,259

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 62 52 453 829 286 161 74 47 1,964

Sri Lanka 114 69 146 855 360 234 106 49 1,933

Philippines 95 120 158 554 321 228 60 24 1,560

New Zealand 206 180 199 510 231 116 29 13 1,484

Lebanon 28 44 64 579 397 214 100 47 1,473

Iraq 70 104 202 660 269 67 43 13 1,428

Malta - 5 4 47 139 386 303 178 1,062

Egypt 38 35 51 203 159 200 131 85 902

Malaysia 60 53 89 268 153 142 30 13 808

Table 6Whittlesea (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Macedonian 5,261 5,215 10,476 16% 10,362 114 1%

Italian 4,902 5,468 10,370 16% 10,787 -417 -4%

Greek 3,546 3,711 7,257 11% 7,147 110 2%

Arabic 3,587 3,481 7,068 11% 5,171 1,897 37%

Vietnamese 1,930 2,066 3,996 6% 3,133 863 28%

Punjabi 1,687 1,253 2,940 4% 878 2,062 235%

Mandarin 1,038 1,118 2,156 3% 928 1,228 132%

Turkish 867 906 1,773 3% 1,528 245 16%

Hindi 874 780 1,654 2% 755 899 119%

Tamil 700 714 1,414 2% 816 598 73%

Cantonese 643 694 1,337 2% 1,155 182 16%

Sinhalese 564 552 1,116 2% 593 523 88%

Maltese 442 504 946 1% 944 2 0%

Croatian 400 467 867 1% 868 -1 0%

Serbian 373 416 789 1% 682 107 16%

Spanish 352 364 716 1% 519 197 38%

Tagalog 290 398 688 1% 382 306 80%

Malayalam 334 345 679 1% 150 529 353%

Assyrian(b) 316 328 644 1% 356 288 81%

Filipino 292 350 642 1% 481 161 33%

Albanian 283 286 569 1% 413 156 38%

Samoan 218 232 450 1% 498 -48 -10%

Urdu 228 220 448 1% 228 220 96%

Hakka 225 206 431 1% 418 13 3%

Khmer 202 207 409 1% 314 95 30%

Persian (excluding Dari) 186 175 361 1% 173 188 109%

Portuguese 145 167 312 0% 308 4 1%

Indonesian 120 148 268 0% 128 140 109%

Somali 133 133 266 0% 156 110 71%

Polish 105 140 245 0% 239 6 3%

Other Languages(a) 2,413 2,464 4,877 7% 3,102 1,775 57%

Total LOTE Speakers 32,656 33,508 66,164 100% 53,612 12,552 23%

Speaks English Only 40,953 41,700 82,653 65,971 16,682 25%

Not Stated 3,184 2,877 6,061 5,067 999 20%

Total Persons 76,793 78,085 154,878 124,650 30,228 24%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Whittlesea (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 24,390 26,378 50,768 41% 43,508 7,260 17%Greek Orthodox 6,006 6,135 12,141 10% 11,295 846 7%Anglican Church of Australia 5,267 6,087 11,354 9% 9,429 1,925 20%Islam 5,203 5,024 10,227 8% 6,763 3,464 51%Macedonian Orthodox 3,754 3,627 7,381 6% 7,429 -48 -1%Buddhism 2,531 2,842 5,373 4% 3,943 1,430 36%Hinduism 1,965 1,742 3,707 3% 1,623 2,084 128%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 1,752 1,746 3,498 3% 3,017 481 16%Uniting Church 1,372 1,717 3,089 3% 2,606 483 19%Sikhism 1,591 1,180 2,771 2% 912 1,859 204%Presbyterian 1,062 1,192 2,254 2% 1,936 318 16%Christian, nfd 1,030 1,117 2,147 2% 1,141 1,006 88%Baptist 618 681 1,299 1% 962 337 35%Pentecostal, nfd 502 607 1,109 1% 444 665 150%Coptic Orthodox Church 333 317 650 1% 474 176 37%Serbian Orthodox 269 289 558 0% 498 60 12%Jehovah's Witnesses 225 271 496 0% 426 70 16%Lutheran 201 218 419 0% 362 57 16%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 158 159 317 0% 256 61 24%Salvation Army 127 151 278 0% 257 21 8%Maronite Catholic 130 116 246 0% 171 75 44%Seventh-day Adventist 99 127 226 0% 201 25 12%Assemblies of God 104 108 212 0% 501 -289 -58%Syrian Orthodox Church 84 81 165 0% 52 113 217%Other Protestant, nfd 77 59 136 0% 88 48 55%Antiochian Orthodox 72 57 129 0% 87 42 48%Churches of Christ (Conference) 47 64 111 0% 63 48 76%Russian Orthodox 33 72 105 0% 66 39 59%Born Again Christian 48 57 105 0% 97 8 8%Baha'i 55 47 102 0% 76 26 34%Other religions(a) 1,111 947 2,058 2% 1,499 559 37%Total with religion 60,216 63,215 123,431 100% 100,182 23,249 23%No Religion 11,419 10,102 21,521 14,394 7,127 50%Not Stated 5,158 4,768 9,926 10,074 -148 -1%Total Persons 76,793 78,085 154,878 124,650 30,228 24%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Whittlesea (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Macedonian 1,917 18% 2,075 20% -158 -8%

Italian 1,729 17% 1,970 18% -241 -12%

Greek 1,394 19% 1,527 21% -133 -9%

Vietnamese 1,360 34% 1,147 37% 213 19%

Arabic 1,105 16% 877 17% 228 26%

Mandarin 585 27% 250 27% 335 134%

Cantonese 380 28% 324 28% 56 17%

Turkish 347 20% 340 22% 7 2%

Punjabi 303 10% 110 13% 193 175%

Non-verbal, so described 176 76% 134 57% 42 31%

Tamil 164 12% 84 10% 80 95%

Khmer 153 37% 120 38% 33 28%

Serbian 142 18% 163 24% -21 -13%

Croatian 133 15% 137 16% -4 -3%

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Table 1Wyndham (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 161,575 100.0 112,697 100.0 48,878 43.4

Australia-born 98,656 61.1 77,036 68.4 21,620 28.1

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 54,395 33.7 28,396 25.2 25,999 91.6

Country of birth not stated 8,524 5.3 7,265 6.4 1,259 17.3

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 13,231 8.2 8,619 7.6 4,612 53.5

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 41,164 25.5 19,777 17.5 21,387 108.1

OSB arrived since 2006 16,864 10.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 12,961 8.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 1,145 0.7 708 0.6 437 61.7

Language Other than English(e) 48,975 30.3 23,607 20.9 25,368 107.5

Australian citizen 127,324 78.8 95,256 84.5 32,068 33.7

Table 2Wyndham (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeIndia 4431 3664 8095 15% 1,574 6,521 414%

New Zealand 2533 2501 5034 9% 2,376 2,658 112%

England 2535 2370 4905 9% 3,941 964 24%

Philippines 1695 2230 3925 7% 2,106 1,819 86%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1097 1390 2487 5% 525 1,962 374%

Italy 975 846 1821 3% 1,871 -50 -3%

Malaysia 607 673 1280 2% 558 722 129%

Sri Lanka 626 597 1223 2% 558 665 119%

Vietnam 562 613 1175 2% 645 530 82%

Malta 598 571 1169 2% 1,063 106 10%

Scotland 552 599 1151 2% 956 195 20%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

479 535 1014 2% 192 822 428%

Indonesia 458 489 947 2% 206 741 360%

South Africa 449 463 912 2% 425 487 115%

Thailand 390 512 902 2% 285 617 216%

Singapore 388 417 805 1% 276 529 192%

Pakistan 403 331 734 1% 219 515 235%

Ethiopia 333 358 691 1% 326 365 112%

Fiji 310 366 676 1% 434 242 56%

FYROM 330 331 661 1% 523 138 26%

Bangladesh 336 309 645 1% 115 530 461%

Germany 296 306 602 1% 526 76 14%

Lebanon 314 242 556 1% 303 253 83%

Poland 237 299 536 1% 495 41 8%

Greece 251 255 506 1% 472 34 7%

Croatia 240 237 477 1% 423 54 13%

South Eastern Europe, nfd 220 217 437 1% 458 -21 -5%

Chile 206 224 430 1% 351 79 23%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 216 210 426 1% 334 92 28%

Serbia 211 203 414 1% 263 151 57%

Other countries of birth(a) 4871 4888 9759 18% 5,597 4,162 74%

Total Overseas-born 27,149 27,246 54,395 100% 28,338 26,057 92%

Country of birth not stated 4,357 4,167 8,524 7,265 1,259 17%

Born in Australia 49,075 49,581 98,656 77,036 21,620 28%

Total Persons 80,581 80,994 161,575 112,697 48,878 43%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Wyndham (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

India - 13 172 1,184 6,476 248 8,093

New Zealand 3 18 332 1,396 2,935 348 5,032

England 23 517 1,890 836 1,416 223 4,905

Philippines - - 135 1,580 2,118 93 3,926

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) - 4 25 560 1,780 119 2,488

Italy 19 708 867 49 51 130 1,824

Malaysia - 4 124 411 705 36 1,280

Sri Lanka - 10 33 429 717 33 1,222

Vietnam - 3 162 666 270 75 1,176

Malta - 369 616 105 30 49 1,169

Scotland 3 150 476 202 268 51 1,150

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

- - 12 49 934 19 1,014

Indonesia - 5 19 381 499 43 947

South Africa - 6 54 174 642 34 910

Thailand - - 9 138 710 45 902 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Wyndham (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

India 4,150 51%

New Zealand 1,979 39%

Philippines 1,373 35%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1,009 41%

England 989 20%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 830 82%

Thailand 609 67%

Sri Lanka 482 39%

Malaysia 437 34%

South Africa 433 47%

Singapore 387 48%

Pakistan 318 43%

Bangladesh 257 40%

Indonesia 244 26%

Scotland 201 17%

Other countries of birth(d) 3,166 30%

Total 16,864 31%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Wyndham (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsIndia 553 251 890 5,478 467 280 118 56 8,093

New Zealand 794 566 618 1,931 675 310 103 36 5,033

England 308 202 157 1,254 1,171 845 575 393 4,905

Philippines 298 393 348 1,629 766 367 73 53 3,927

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 97 116 275 1,396 319 182 73 31 2,489

Italy 17 13 11 103 301 484 444 452 1,825

Malaysia 79 82 123 627 176 143 38 13 1,281

Sri Lanka 122 50 81 647 194 82 31 16 1,223

Vietnam 21 30 86 635 228 123 32 20 1,175

Malta 4 6 10 120 247 442 231 110 1,170

Scotland 44 35 34 249 283 235 164 108 1,152

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

44 111 134 465 133 66 47 14 1,014

Indonesia 44 33 100 658 47 46 14 6 948

South Africa 96 87 76 391 147 62 35 16 910

Thailand 304 173 139 224 43 16 3 - 902

Table 6Wyndham (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 1571 1668 3239 7% 3,281 -42 -1%

Mandarin 1496 1707 3203 7% 673 2,530 376%

Hindi 1647 1538 3185 7% 833 2,352 282%

Arabic 1214 1242 2456 5% 1,188 1,268 107%

Punjabi 1179 862 2041 4% 243 1,798 740%

Tagalog 818 1002 1820 4% 1,031 789 77%

Filipino 761 954 1715 4% 875 840 96%

Spanish 742 848 1590 3% 1,138 452 40%

Cantonese 779 810 1589 3% 826 763 92%

Vietnamese 746 803 1549 3% 792 757 96%

Karen 713 742 1455 3% 263 1,192 453%

Greek 658 668 1326 3% 1,080 246 23%

Macedonian 595 657 1252 3% 961 291 30%

Maltese 606 613 1219 2% 1,073 146 14%

Urdu 638 566 1204 2% 298 906 304%

Indonesian 497 499 996 2% 200 796 398%

Telugu 508 480 988 2% 121 867 717%

Sinhalese 470 480 950 2% 409 541 132%

Tamil 470 463 933 2% 294 639 217%

Gujarati 493 411 904 2% 73 831 1138%

Bengali 461 420 881 2% 170 711 418%

Serbian 420 416 836 2% 574 262 46%

Croatian 311 345 656 1% 593 63 11%

Polish 286 344 630 1% 564 66 12%

Amharic 242 250 492 1% 194 298 154%

Samoan 238 227 465 1% 194 271 140%

Tongan 206 229 435 1% 187 248 133%

Albanian 210 214 424 1% 268 156 58%

Somali 185 234 419 1% 167 252 151%

French 201 209 410 1% 181 229 127%

Other Languages(a) 4699 5014 9713 20% 4,863 4,850 100%

Total LOTE Speakers 24,060 24,915 48,975 100% 23,607 25,368 107%

Speaks English Only 51,806 52,363 104,169 82,665 21,504 26%

Not Stated 4,715 3,716 8,431 6,425 2,006 31%

Total Persons 80,581 80,994 161,575 112,697 48,878 43%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Wyndham (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 23,840 25,567 49,407 42% 38,618 10,789 28%Anglican Church of Australia 7,873 8,887 16,760 14% 13,863 2,897 21%Islam 4,222 4,130 8,352 7% 3,656 4,696 128%Hinduism 3,624 3,287 6,911 6% 1,394 5,517 396%Uniting Church 2,184 2,623 4,807 4% 4,068 739 18%Buddhism 1,951 2,202 4,153 4% 1,835 2,318 126%Presbyterian 1,626 1,905 3,531 3% 2,882 649 23%Christian, nfd 1,654 1,825 3,479 3% 1,624 1,855 114%Greek Orthodox 1,682 1,682 3,364 3% 2,634 730 28%Baptist 1,456 1,601 3,057 3% 1,826 1,231 67%Sikhism 1,071 793 1,864 2% 317 1,547 488%Pentecostal, nfd 755 875 1,630 1% 525 1,105 210%Lutheran 593 651 1,244 1% 1,008 236 23%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 441 494 935 1% 647 288 45%Macedonian Orthodox 415 392 807 1% 552 255 46%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 330 332 662 1% 420 242 58%Jehovah's Witnesses 266 316 582 0% 384 198 52%Serbian Orthodox 290 266 556 0% 360 196 54%Salvation Army 157 219 376 0% 333 43 13%Seventh-day Adventist 149 172 321 0% 132 189 143%Born Again Christian 130 153 283 0% 201 82 41%Churches of Christ (Conference) 133 145 278 0% 238 40 17%Other Protestant, nfd 134 122 256 0% 124 132 106%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 124 118 242 0% 90 152 169%Assemblies of God 101 112 213 0% 640 -427 -67%Russian Orthodox 88 90 178 0% 72 106 147%Brethren 82 79 161 0% 170 -9 -5%Coptic Orthodox Church 71 57 128 0% 77 51 66%Other Christian, nec 64 64 128 0% 66 62 94%Ratana (Maori) 59 60 119 0% 50 69 138%Other religions(a) 1,446 1,203 2,649 2% 1,557 1,092 70%Total with religion 57,011 60,422 117,433 100% 80,363 37,070 46%No Religion 16,499 14,604 31,103 20,479 10,624 52%Not Stated 7,071 5,968 13,039 11,855 1,184 10%Total Persons 80,581 80,994 161,575 112,697 48,878 43%

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Table 8Wyndham (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Karen 941 65% 240 91% 701 292%

Mandarin 794 25% 130 19% 664 511%

Italian 457 14% 514 16% -57 -11%

Vietnamese 426 27% 211 27% 215 102%

Arabic 342 14% 165 14% 177 107%

Cantonese 300 19% 182 22% 118 65%

Non-verbal, so described 249 74% 104 49% 145 139%

Spanish 195 12% 149 13% 46 31%

Punjabi 158 8% 22 9% 136 618%

Hindi 157 5% 27 3% 130 481%

Greek 154 12% 108 10% 46 43%

Macedonian 150 12% 107 11% 43 40%

Urdu 146 12% 40 13% 106 265%

Serbian 128 15% 105 18% 23 22%

Korean 127 32% 22 30% 105 477%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

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Table 1Yarra (C): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 74,090 100.0 69,327 100.0 4,763 6.9

Australia-born 46,593 62.9 42,677 61.6 3,916 9.2

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 21,535 29.1 19,170 27.7 2,365 12.3

Country of birth not stated 5,966 8.1 7,480 10.8 -1,514 -20.2

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 7,226 9.8 5,682 8.2 1,544 27.2

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 14,305 19.3 13,488 19.5 817 6.1

OSB arrived since 2006 5,436 7.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 2,876 3.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 319 0.4 249 0.4 70 28.1

Language Other than English(e) 17,272 23.3 16,157 23.3 1,115 6.9

Australian citizen 59,664 80.5 55,207 79.6 4,457 8.1

Table 2Yarra (C): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 1,518 1,201 2,719 13% 2,165 554 26%

Vietnam 1,100 1,532 2,632 12% 2,676 -44 -2%

New Zealand 1,109 1,139 2,248 10% 1,769 479 27%

Greece 586 719 1,305 6% 1,533 -228 -15%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 475 715 1,190 6% 1,152 38 3%

Italy 441 503 944 4% 1,082 -138 -13%

United States of America 286 303 589 3% 437 152 35%

Malaysia 267 313 580 3% 448 132 29%

India 311 205 516 2% 389 127 33%

Ireland 276 225 501 2% 300 201 67%

Timor-Leste 195 246 441 2% 502 -61 -12%

Scotland 212 187 399 2% 401 -2 0%

Germany 181 208 389 2% 344 45 13%

South Africa 160 141 301 1% 252 49 19%

Canada 133 159 292 1% 222 70 32%

Sudan 124 155 279 1% 207 72 35%

Ethiopia 109 140 249 1% 136 113 83%

Hong Kong (SAR of China) 112 125 237 1% 213 24 11%

Philippines 89 142 231 1% 210 21 10%

Japan 54 169 223 1% 211 12 6%

Thailand 77 141 218 1% 193 25 13%

France 105 111 216 1% 147 69 47%

Indonesia 78 93 171 1% 202 -31 -15%

Turkey 75 95 170 1% 199 -29 -15%

Singapore 60 106 166 1% 146 20 14%

Somalia 64 102 166 1% 105 61 58%

Croatia 70 94 164 1% 168 -4 -2%

Sri Lanka 75 79 154 1% 119 35 29%

Poland 50 95 145 1% 161 -16 -10%

Netherlands 74 64 138 1% 155 -17 -11%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,730 1,832 3,562 17% 2,926 632 22%

Total Overseas-born 10,196 11,339 21,535 100% 19,136 2,339 12%

Country of birth not stated 3,204 2,762 5,966 7,480 -1,514 -20%

Born in Australia 22,756 23,837 46,593 42,677 3,916 9%

Total Persons 36,154 37,936 74,090 69,327 4,763 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Yarra (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 10 222 692 664 1,011 119 2,718

Vietnam - - 370 1,568 562 133 2,633

New Zealand - 26 236 542 1,336 107 2,247

Greece - 346 858 31 5 64 1,304

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 17 48 608 477 37 1,190

Italy 18 502 267 25 68 62 942

United States of America - 3 88 168 303 29 591

Malaysia - 9 125 228 195 21 578

India - 9 55 85 352 15 516

Ireland - 13 44 95 326 23 501

Timor-Leste - - 32 387 13 9 441

Scotland 3 36 115 86 141 19 400

Germany - 87 60 78 154 10 389

South Africa - 3 43 135 112 9 302

Canada 3 - 35 78 166 10 292 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Yarra (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

New Zealand 985 44%

England 715 26%

Vietnam 348 13%

India 288 56%

Ireland 279 56%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 259 22%

United States of America 247 42%

Malaysia 126 22%

Canada 124 43%

Germany 112 29%

France 105 49%

Ethiopia 104 42%

Scotland 99 25%

Japan 87 39%

Sudan 85 30%

Other countries of birth(d) 1,473 21%

Total 5,436 25%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Yarra (C): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 73 33 187 1,354 428 381 178 84 2,718

Vietnam 52 79 187 966 573 420 176 179 2,632

New Zealand 25 13 369 1,372 247 151 49 21 2,247

Greece - - 7 54 116 204 446 476 1,303

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 22 32 158 292 167 116 140 260 1,187

Italy 6 3 8 90 68 146 176 446 943

United States of America 57 15 70 307 62 50 25 4 590

Malaysia 8 10 98 285 82 54 28 12 577

India 20 8 106 294 37 29 14 6 514

Ireland 7 - 41 357 39 32 9 16 501

Timor-Leste - 13 26 111 87 61 73 70 441

Scotland - 4 25 181 55 65 49 21 400

Germany 6 4 27 184 40 51 52 24 388

South Africa 5 3 39 210 23 14 8 - 302

Canada 5 4 36 195 21 19 6 5 291

Table 6Yarra (C): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Vietnamese 1,456 1,867 3,323 19% 3,319 4 0%

Greek 1,253 1,317 2,570 15% 2,764 -194 -7%

Italian 792 914 1,706 10% 1,904 -198 -10%

Cantonese 519 673 1,192 7% 1,327 -135 -10%

Mandarin 474 686 1,160 7% 1,031 129 13%

Arabic 298 292 590 3% 429 161 38%

Spanish 261 270 531 3% 358 173 48%

Hakka 196 245 441 3% 491 -50 -10%

French 203 216 419 2% 265 154 58%

German 170 206 376 2% 265 111 42%

Somali 128 168 296 2% 180 116 64%

Turkish 114 145 259 1% 315 -56 -18%

Japanese 79 155 234 1% 222 12 5%

Dinka 110 115 225 1% 74 151 204%

Croatian 86 127 213 1% 197 16 8%

Serbian 98 103 201 1% 189 12 6%

Thai 82 115 197 1% 145 52 36%

Macedonian 82 106 188 1% 208 -20 -10%

Hindi 93 58 151 1% 123 28 23%

Oromo 77 64 141 1% 75 66 88%

Polish 57 84 141 1% 137 4 3%

Indonesian 68 55 123 1% 131 -8 -6%

Dutch 47 59 106 1% 88 18 20%

Amharic 30 59 89 1% 36 53 147%

Min Nan 36 50 86 0% 58 28 48%

Russian 34 50 84 0% 51 33 65%

Korean 31 50 81 0% 62 19 31%

Tagalog 30 48 78 0% 65 13 20%

Persian (excluding Dari) 40 37 77 0% 38 39 103%

Portuguese 37 38 75 0% 66 9 14%

Other Languages(a) 967 952 1,919 11% 1,544 375 24%

Total LOTE Speakers 7,948 9,324 17,272 100% 16,157 1,115 7%

Speaks English Only 25,232 26,135 51,367 46,401 4,966 11%

Not Stated 2,974 2,477 5,451 6,769 -1,318 -19%

Total Persons 36,154 37,936 74,090 69,327 4,763 7%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘non-verbal, so described’ and other supplementary codes.

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Table 7Yarra (C): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 6,747 7,967 14,714 40% 14,954 -240 -2%Anglican Church of Australia 2,493 3,057 5,550 15% 5,984 -434 -7%Buddhism 1,663 2,248 3,911 11% 4,051 -140 -3%Greek Orthodox 1,489 1,561 3,050 8% 3,298 -248 -8%Islam 813 797 1,610 4% 1,234 376 30%Uniting Church 643 903 1,546 4% 1,802 -256 -14%Christian, nfd 360 452 812 2% 598 214 36%Presbyterian 379 419 798 2% 877 -79 -9%Hinduism 275 197 472 1% 305 167 55%Judaism 215 227 442 1% 391 51 13%Baptist 200 220 420 1% 438 -18 -4%Lutheran 145 198 343 1% 365 -22 -6%Pentecostal, nfd 77 102 179 0% 86 93 108%Eastern Orthodox, nfd 75 79 154 0% 134 20 15%Serbian Orthodox 63 65 128 0% 134 -6 -4%Macedonian Orthodox 48 56 104 0% 111 -7 -6%Salvation Army 36 49 85 0% 84 1 1%Other Protestant, nfd 33 31 64 0% 72 -8 -11%Churches of Christ (Conference) 22 39 61 0% 54 7 13%Sikhism 32 27 59 0% 42 17 40%Paganism 19 38 57 0% 90 -33 -37%Jehovah's Witnesses 21 30 51 0% 50 1 2%Coptic Orthodox Church 23 25 48 0% 46 2 4%Russian Orthodox 19 29 48 0% 44 4 9%Ethiopian Orthodox Church 22 22 44 0% 21 23 110%Maronite Catholic 16 18 34 0% 31 3 10%Theism 20 14 34 0% 9 25 278%Religious Groups, nec 23 10 33 0% 32 1 3%Wiccan/Witchcraft 11 21 32 0% 31 1 3%Seventh-day Adventist 8 22 30 0% 41 -11 -27%Other religions(a) 1,054 684 1,738 5% 1,827 -89 -5%Total with religion 17,044 19,607 36,651 100% 37,236 -585 -2%No Religion 14,917 14,517 29,434 21,382 8,052 38%Not Stated 4,193 3,812 8,005 10,609 -2,604 -25%Total Persons 36,154 37,936 74,090 69,327 4,763 7%

Note: nfd stands for ‘not further defined’. (a) Including ‘religious belief not further defined’, ’not defined’ and ‘New Age, so described.

Table 8Yarra (C): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Vietnamese 1,368 41% 1,513 46% -145 -10%

Greek 750 29% 855 31% -105 -12%

Cantonese 470 39% 572 43% -102 -18%

Mandarin 434 37% 428 42% 6 1%

Italian 320 19% 434 23% -114 -26%

Hakka 250 57% 257 52% -7 -3%

Arabic 118 20% 107 25% 11 10%

Turkish 63 24% 88 28% -25 -28%

Spanish 57 11% 54 15% 3 6%

Non-verbal, so described 54 73% 66 56% -12 -18%

Somali 52 18% 43 24% 9 21%

Oromo 41 29% 22 30% 19 86%

Dinka 41 18% 39 53% 2 5%

Thai 40 20% 46 32% -6 -13%

Croatian 36 17% 38 19% -2 -5%(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’ and ‘not elsewhere classified’.

(b) Main English-Speaking Countries (MESC) are the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa.

(c) Non Main English-Speaking Countries (NMESC) cover all other countries of birth, excluding the MESC.

(d) Includes Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. (e) Excludes language not stated.

Table 1Yarra Ranges (S): Summary of Population Diversity, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-11

Summary Indicators PersonsAs % of

Tot PersonsAs % of

Tot Persons%

ChangeTotal Population 144,539 100.0 140,216 100.0 4,323 3.1

Australia-born 114,890 79.5 109,719 78.2 5,171 4.7

Overseas-born (OSB)(a) 23,651 16.4 22,813 16.3 838 3.7

Country of birth not stated 5,998 4.1 7,684 5.5 -1,686 -21.9

Overseas-born, MESC(b) 13,595 9.4 13,464 9.6 131 1.0

Overseas-born, NMESC(c) 10,056 7.0 9,349 6.7 707 7.6

OSB arrived since 2006 2,211 1.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A

OSB arrived since 2006 from NMESC 1,177 0.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Indigenous Persons(d) 970 0.7 848 0.6 122 14.4

Language Other than English(e) 8,704 6.0 7,380 5.3 1,324 17.9

Australian citizen 130,259 90.1 125,270 89.3 4,989 4.0

Table 2Yarra Ranges (S): Top 30 Countries of Birth by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Country of Birth Males Females PersonsAs %

of OSB Persons Persons%

ChangeEngland 4,269 4,363 8,632 37% 8,842 -210 -2%

Netherlands 906 863 1,769 7% 1,962 -193 -10%

New Zealand 856 866 1,722 7% 1,593 129 8%

Germany 635 591 1,226 5% 1,270 -44 -3%

Italy 555 462 1,017 4% 1,101 -84 -8%

Scotland 505 505 1,010 4% 1,063 -53 -5%

South Africa 337 354 691 3% 533 158 30%

India 244 242 486 2% 320 166 52%

United States of America 247 233 480 2% 421 59 14%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 132 233 365 2% 221 144 65%

Philippines 91 272 363 2% 271 92 34%

Ireland 208 152 360 2% 346 14 4%

Poland 131 151 282 1% 262 20 8%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

116 116 232 1% 64 168 263%

Sri Lanka 119 109 228 1% 205 23 11%

Northern Ireland 108 119 227 1% 222 5 2%

Malaysia 96 130 226 1% 158 68 43%

Canada 100 125 225 1% 199 26 13%

Wales 100 103 203 1% 204 -1 0%

Austria 89 80 169 1% 191 -22 -12%

Greece 82 66 148 1% 185 -37 -20%

Hungary 74 65 139 1% 134 5 4%

Thailand 29 106 135 1% 68 67 99%

Croatia 73 60 133 1% 140 -7 -5%

Indonesia 52 80 132 1% 115 17 15%

Singapore 61 68 129 1% 114 15 13%

Malta 66 55 121 1% 118 3 3%

France 58 54 112 0% 101 11 11%

Switzerland 68 37 105 0% 117 -12 -10%

Japan 23 70 93 0% 75 18 24%

Other countries of birth(a) 1,185 1,306 2,491 11% 2,198 293 13%

Total Overseas-born 11,615 12,036 23,651 100% 22,778 873 4%

Country of birth not stated 3,102 2,896 5,998 7,684 -1,686 -22%

Born in Australia 56,795 58,095 114,890 109,719 5,171 5%

Total Persons 71,512 73,027 144,539 140,216 4,323 3%(a) Includes ‘inadequately described’, ‘at sea’, ‘not elsewhere classified’.

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Table 3Yarra Ranges (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Year of Arrival, 2011 Census

Year of Arrival

Country of Birth1895-1940

1941-1960

1961-1980

1981-2000

2001-2011(a)

Not stated(b)

Total Persons

England 40 1,287 4,410 1,558 954 384 8,633

Netherlands 3 1,056 394 200 60 55 1,768

New Zealand 5 40 428 783 367 99 1,722

Germany - 561 334 210 87 33 1,225

Italy 7 554 342 32 13 69 1,017

Scotland 8 197 512 149 88 57 1,011

South Africa - 12 155 278 235 13 693

India 3 30 127 118 179 27 484

United States of America 3 23 121 146 178 11 482

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3 10 26 89 222 19 369

Philippines - 4 14 201 136 9 364

Ireland - 42 157 105 41 16 361

Poland - 57 76 120 27 3 283

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

- 4 8 13 206 3 234

Malaysia - 10 70 66 72 12 230 (a) To 9th August 2011.(b) Year of arrival not stated.

Table 4Yarra Ranges (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth with Largest Number of Overseas Arrivals between 2006 and 2011

Arriving between 2006 and 2011(b)

Country of Birth(a) Persons As % of Arrivals(c)

England 495 6%

New Zealand 205 12%

Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

170 73%

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 153 42%

South Africa 142 20%

India 105 22%

Philippines 92 25%

United States of America 91 19%

Malaysia 57 25%

Thailand 54 40%

Scotland 41 4%

Netherlands 40 2%

Germany 38 3%

Singapore 35 27%

Vietnam 30 36%

Other countries of birth(d) 463 11%

Total 2,211 9%(a) Ranked by largest number of overseas arrivals between 2006 and 2011.(b) To 9th August 2011.(c) Percent of all arrivals from Country of Birth.(d) Includes “At Sea” and “Inadequately Described”.

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Table 5Yarra Ranges (S): Top 15 Countries of Birth by Age, 2011 Census

Age Group (in years)

Country of Birth 0-11 12-18 19-25 26-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Total

PersonsEngland 167 161 140 1,362 2,100 2,079 1,580 1,044 8,633 Netherlands 11 18 9 138 191 564 473 362 1,766 New Zealand 94 103 87 580 439 277 97 45 1,722 Germany 11 18 14 129 183 334 321 216 1,226 Italy 6 3 4 27 127 295 233 322 1,017 Scotland 7 16 16 145 230 255 214 129 1,012 South Africa 35 53 45 245 125 114 52 25 694 India 22 22 45 151 80 77 48 40 485 United States of America 51 37 19 126 97 101 38 13 482 China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 14 34 49 120 74 36 22 19 368 Ireland 7 3 12 80 64 85 72 39 362 Philippines 15 27 17 141 85 57 14 6 362 Poland 3 - 4 50 42 86 45 52 282 Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

23 44 33 91 24 11 6 - 232

Malaysia 28 14 8 63 51 40 19 7 230

Table 6Yarra Ranges (S): Top 30 Languages other than English Spoken at Home by Gender, 2011, 2006

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Language other than English (LOTE) Males Females Persons

As % of Tot LOTE Persons Persons

% Change

Italian 805 739 1,544 18% 1,538 6 0%German 485 531 1,016 12% 982 34 3%Dutch 399 492 891 10% 922 -31 -3%Mandarin 181 241 422 5% 321 101 31%Greek 191 199 390 4% 343 47 14%Polish 137 153 290 3% 239 51 21%Spanish 133 129 262 3% 217 45 21%French 98 122 220 3% 157 63 40%Cantonese 92 116 208 2% 178 30 17%Arabic 101 82 183 2% 175 8 5%Hungarian 70 99 169 2% 147 22 15%Afrikaans 70 79 149 2% 70 79 113%Japanese 57 72 129 1% 92 37 40%Filipino 36 90 126 1% 95 31 33%Croatian 61 63 124 1% 146 -22 -15%Tagalog 37 79 116 1% 83 33 40%Thai 34 82 116 1% 45 71 158%Hindi 49 59 108 1% 71 37 52%Chin Haka 47 46 93 1% - 93 -Vietnamese 44 49 93 1% 39 54 138%Russian 31 46 77 1% 60 17 28%Punjabi 39 37 76 1% 18 58 322%Indonesian 31 39 70 1% 53 17 32%Macedonian 31 38 69 1% 57 12 21%Auslan 27 40 67 1% 66 1 2%Sinhalese 34 33 67 1% 36 31 86%Serbian 29 35 64 1% 48 16 33%Burmese and Related Languages, nfd

30 30 60 1% - 60 -

Romanian 31 25 56 1% 35 21 60%Czech 25 28 53 1% 54 -1 -2%Other Languages(a) 720 676 1,396 16% 1,093 303 28%Total LOTE Speakers 4,155 4,549 8,704 100% 7,380 1,324 18%Speaks English Only 64,744 66,128 130,872 127,222 3,650 3%Not Stated 2,613 2,350 4,963 5,614 -651 -12%Total Persons 71,512 73,027 144,539 140,216 4,323 3%

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Table 7Yarra Ranges (S): Top 30 Religions by Gender, 2011, 2006 Census

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011

Religion Males Females PersonsAs % of

Tot Relig Persons Persons%

ChangeWestern Catholic 14,069 15,108 29,177 35% 27,772 1,405 5%Anglican Church of Australia 9,667 11,266 20,933 25% 20,751 182 1%Uniting Church 2,811 3,676 6,487 8% 7,123 -636 -9%Christian, nfd 2,501 2,826 5,327 6% 3,673 1,654 45%Presbyterian 1,832 2,088 3,920 5% 3,704 216 6%Baptist 1,537 1,700 3,237 4% 2,938 299 10%Pentecostal, nfd 711 827 1,538 2% 885 653 74%Buddhism 604 852 1,456 2% 936 520 56%Lutheran 667 709 1,376 2% 1,375 1 0%Seventh-day Adventist 458 558 1,016 1% 955 61 6%Greek Orthodox 413 413 826 1% 711 115 16%Churches of Christ (Conference) 305 387 692 1% 927 -235 -25%Jehovah's Witnesses 255 305 560 1% 547 13 2%Salvation Army 194 248 442 1% 470 -28 -6%Reformed 187 212 399 0% 390 9 2%Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 147 173 320 0% 309 11 4%Islam 175 132 307 0% 244 63 26%Hinduism 132 135 267 0% 169 98 58%Brethren 126 121 247 0% 263 -16 -6%Paganism 88 146 234 0% 209 25 12%Christadelphians 108 109 217 0% 198 19 10%Spiritualism 53 140 193 0% 179 14 8%Judaism 95 91 186 0% 129 57 44%Other Protestant, nfd 95 89 184 0% 186 -2 -1%Pentecostal, nec 54 56 110 0% 394 -284 -72%Wiccan/Witchcraft 22 88 110 0% 95 15 16%Churches of Christ, nfd 46 47 93 0% 180 -87 -48%Assemblies of God 39 42 81 0% 373 -292 -78%Sikhism 42 39 81 0% 25 56 224%Russian Orthodox 39 39 78 0% 60 18 30%Other religions(a) 1,594 1,182 2,776 3% 2,389 387 16%Total with religion 39,066 43,804 82,870 100% 78,559 4,311 5%No Religion 25,712 23,119 48,831 42,793 6,038 14%Not Stated 6,734 6,104 12,838 18,864 -6,026 -32%Total Persons 71,512 73,028 144,539 140,216 4,323 3%

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Table 8Yarra Ranges (S): Top 15 LOTE Speakers and Low English Proficiency 2011, 2006 Census

Language other than English (LOTE)

Speaks English Not well/Not at all(a)

2011 2006 Change 2006-2011Persons As %(b) Persons As %(b) Persons % Change

Italian 195 13% 244 16% -49 -20%

Non-verbal, so described 98 77% 99 53% -1 -1%

Mandarin 90 21% 56 18% 34 61%

Chin Haka 60 65% 0 0% 60 -

Dutch 52 6% 70 8% -18 -26%

Cantonese 40 19% 35 20% 5 14%

Greek 36 9% 35 10% 1 3%

Burmese and Related Languages, nfd 33 56% 0 0% 33 -

Polish 33 11% 29 12% 4 14%

Vietnamese 32 36% 11 28% 21 191%

Burmese 23 42% 0 0% 23 -

Burmese and Related Languages, nec 19 68% 0 0% 19 -

Spanish 17 6% 15 7% 2 13%

Hindi 15 14% 3 4% 12 400%

Hakka 15 65% 0 0% 15 -(a) This is a self-assessment of the person’s ability to speak English. (b) As a % of all persons who speak the language.

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