18.5% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3015, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3015, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people have used a language other than English at home in postcode 3015 since 2011, falling to 18.5%. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. English is the dominant tongue here, spoken exclusively by 78.1% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Greek and Arabic are the most common non-English languages spoken, though the number of people using another language fell 1.9 points since 2011. About 2.6% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
2.6% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 3015, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3015/3015-vic/topic/language