33.6% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3043, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3043, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a third of people in postcode 3043 use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with a variety of languages spoken across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 33.6% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While English is used by 62.1%, common other languages include Arabic (7.3%), Italian (4.3%) and Greek (3.3%). This diversity is reflected in the 4.8% who speak little or no English, a rate much higher than most areas.
4.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 3043, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3043/3043-vic/topic/language