26.2% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3153, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3153, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in postcode 3153 use a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most areas. This trend has grown significantly over the last decade, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising by 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69.6% of residents speak only English, 26.2% use another language, with Mandarin (5.1%) and Cantonese (3.1%) being the most common. About 4.5% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
4.5% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 3153, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3153/3153-vic/topic/language