34.3% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3111, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3111, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a common part of daily life in postcode 3111, where more than a third of residents speak a language other than English at home. This figure has risen 8.3 percentage points since 2011, making the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 34.3% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While 62% speak only English, Mandarin (8.9%) and Cantonese (7.6%) are the most common other languages; meanwhile, 5.4% of residents speak little or no English.
5.4% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 3111, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3111/3111-vic/topic/language