5.2% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3096, VIC · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.2% of people in postcode 3096 use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of the state, with English remaining the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 92.4% of people, while Italian and Greek are the next most common. This explains why the 0.6% of residents who speak little or no English is well below the Victorian average.
5.2% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.6% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 55% 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 3096, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3096/3096-vic/topic/language