42.0% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3152, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3152, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in postcode 3152 than in most similar areas. About 42% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen 12 points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 14%, followed by Cantonese at 6.9%. Because of this diversity, 6.7% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
6.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 3152, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3152/3152-vic/topic/language