15.6% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3088, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3088, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the only language spoken at home by 81.9% of people in postcode 3088. While most residents use English, there has been a slight increase in the number of people speaking other languages, which rose 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.6% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. Other common languages include Mandarin, Italian, and Greek, while 1.5% of residents speak little or no English.
1.5% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 3088, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3088/3088-vic/topic/language