45.0% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3003, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3003, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all people in postcode 3003 speak a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising 15 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 47.7% of residents speak only English, 45% use another language at home—a figure far above the national average. Mandarin is the most common second language at 13.6%, and 5.1% of the population speak little or no English.
5.1% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 3003, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3003/3003-vic/topic/language