Young people speaking English as the main language at home

of Victoria’s young people aged 12 to 24 years were either born overseas or had at least one parent born overseas,

an increase of 4% from a decade earlier.

2006 2016

48%44% 48%

Victoria’s youth population is increasingly diverse

Age

A Young and Multicultural Victoria: The 2016 Census Data Snaphot

Religion

The percentage of young Victorians reporting ‘No religion’ rose from 2006 - 2016

28%

42%

2006 2016

Victoria’s overall youth population is shifting in terms of age:

18 to 24-year-olds were

INCREASING in numbers

12 to 15-year-olds wereDECREASING in numbers

while

Language

2006 2016

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of young people or over 1 in 4 speak a Language Other Than English (LOTE) at home.

Top 4 Languages other than English spoken byyoung people at home

Mandarin

Vietnamese

Arabic

Cantonese

20%

7%6%

9%27% 73%

Place of residence

More overseas-born and second generation young people (91%) live in metropolitan areas than third-plus generation young people (63%).

VICmetro

22%16%

More young Victorians were born overseas

(1 in 6) (More than 1 in 5)

IN 2016IN 2006

Length of time in Australia Mobility

One in every �ve young Victorians counted in the 2016 Census were born overseas.

CMY (2019). A Young and Multicultural Victoria: The 2016 Census. Melbourne: Centre for Multicultural Youth.

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of overseas-born young people werenewly-arrived,having lived in Australia for less than �ve years.

50 %

47%

Citizenship

Fewer overseas-born young people taking up Australian citizenship

35%

20162006IN IN

Countries of birth

10 %

21 % China

India

7 % New Zealand

Overseas-born young people were more geographically mobilecompared to other Victorians

In 2016 only 60% were in the samedwelling just oneyear earlier

* It is important to note that Victoria has a high number of international students; this can in�uencethe overall data and should be kept in mind when viewing this data snapshot and the full report.

The top 3 countries of birth for overseas-bornyoung Victorians: