45.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3106, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3106, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in postcode 3106 speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places in the region, with a population that has become increasingly multilingual over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 51.6% of residents speak only English, 45% use another language at home, which is 23 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 13.1%, followed by Cantonese, Greek, and Italian. About 6.9% of people speak little or no English, a rate well above the national average.
6.9% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 3106, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3106/3106-vic/topic/language