60.8% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3064, VIC · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 60% of people in postcode 3064 now use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 13 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi (10.7%) and Arabic (9.5%) are common languages here, and the 60.8% of people using another language at home is among the highest for similar areas. This high diversity is consistent with the 9.8% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
60.8% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
9.8% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 3064, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3064/3064-vic/topic/language