Our cultural and linguistic diversity

Following European settlement, Frankston City has been predominantly Anglo-Australian, although there are several well established, as well as emerging culturally diverse communities throughout the area.

See a summary of our community profile on the .id website.

Population Statistics

Born Overseas 2021

In 2021 there were 29,797 people living in Frankston City who were born overseas. Most of the people born overseas were born in the United Kingdom, followed by New Zealand and India. A smaller percentage were born in the Philippines, China and South Africa.

  1. 8,988 (6.5%) United Kingdom
  2. 2,994 (2.1%) New Zealand 
  3. 1,697 (1.2%) India 
  4. 1,298 (0.9%) Philippines  
  5. 1,110 (0.8%) China

Language 

  • 116,411 (83.6%) English only used at home
  • 15,739 (11.3%) people used a language other than English at home

Languages used at home other than English

  1. 1,371 (1.0%) Mandarin
  2. 1,238 (0.9%) Greek
  3. 905 (0.6%) Filipino/Tagalog
  4. 712 (0.5%) Italian
  5. 699 (0.5%) Russian

Religious Affiliation

  1. 70,439 (50.6%) No religion
  2. 24,165 (17.4%) Catholic
  3. 12,209 (8.8%) Anglican
  4. 3,630 (2.6%) Christian
  5. 2,732 (2.0%) Uniting Church

CALD Network and Multicultural Communities

The population of Frankston City is richly diverse, and we want to ensure our services, plans and strategies reflect our evolving population who call Frankston City home

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