49.8% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3076, VIC · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost half of all people in postcode 3076 use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country.
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.8% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure that has risen since 2011. This high level of diversity is seen in the common use of Arabic, Punjabi, Italian, and Greek, while 7% of people speak little or no English.
49.8% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7.0% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 92% 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 3076, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3076/3076-vic/topic/language