43.3% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3129, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3129, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A ten percentage point rise since 2011 shows that more people in postcode 3129 now speak a language other than English at home. Today, 43.3% of residents use another language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language, spoken by 19.8% of residents, followed by Cantonese at 6.6%. This diversity is reflected in the 10.4% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 4.4%.
10.4% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 3129, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3129/3129-vic/topic/language