28.5% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3052, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3052, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in three people in postcode 3052 use a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most areas. While the variety of languages spoken is high, the number of people who struggle with English is relatively low.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 28.5% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. English is the most common language at 65.3%, followed by Mandarin at 6.1% and Cantonese at 2.8%, though the share of people using other languages fell 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Only 3.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas but slightly below the Victorian average.
3.0% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 3052, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3052/3052-vic/topic/language