49.8% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3149, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3149, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in postcode 3149 now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen 13 points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 47.0% of the population, Mandarin is the most common second language at 16.6%, and 7.4% of residents speak little or no English.
7.4% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 3149, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3149/3149-vic/topic/language