23.2% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3040, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3040, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in postcode 3040 now speak a language other than English at home, with this figure rising by 2.4 percentage points since 2011. While English remains the main language for 73.5% of the area, 23.2% of residents use another tongue, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Italian is the most common second language at 4.3%, while 2.0% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.0% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 3040, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3040/3040-vic/topic/language