31.9% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3081, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3081, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 32% of people in postcode 3081 use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. While English remains the main language, a wide variety of other tongues are spoken in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Roughly 31.9% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure well above the Victorian average. This diversity is reflected in the mix of Mandarin, Arabic, Greek and Cantonese spoken at home, though the proportion of people who speak little or no English is slightly above the national figure at 4.9%.
4.9% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 3081, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3081/3081-vic/topic/language