36.8% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3163, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3163, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 37% of people in postcode 3163 have used another language at home for over a decade, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 36.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While English is the most common language at 59.9%, Mandarin (6.4%), Greek (4.0%), and Hindi (2.2%) are also spoken. Only 4.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
4.4% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 3163, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3163/3163-vic/topic/language