33.2% ▲ +42.2%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3130, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3130, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 9.8 percentage points since 2011 has made postcode 3130 much more linguistically diverse. Now, 33.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common second language at 12.4%, followed by Cantonese at 4.4%. While 64.1% of people speak only English, 5.8% speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this size.
5.8% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 3130, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3130/3130-vic/topic/language