44.2% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3103, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3103, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in postcode 3103 speak only English at home. However, this area is much more linguistically diverse than most, with 44.2% of residents using another language, a figure that has risen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common second language at 21.6%, followed by Cantonese at 6.1%. This high diversity is reflected in the 8.2% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
8.2% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 3103, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3103/3103-vic/topic/language