26.4% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3126, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3126, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a growing part of daily life in postcode 3126, where over a quarter of residents now speak a language other than English at home. This shift is most obvious in the 10 percentage point jump in non-English speakers since 2011, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.4% of people use another language at home, a figure well above the national average. While English is the main language for 70.6% of residents, Mandarin is common at 13.1%, and 3.8% of the population speak little or no English.
3.8% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 3126, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3126/3126-vic/topic/language