49.5% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3167, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3167, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost half of all residents in postcode 3167 use a language other than English at home. This multicultural mix is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, with the number of people using other languages rising 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language at 47.1%, followed by Greek at 12% and Mandarin at 7.8%. This high linguistic diversity is reflected in the 7.8% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
7.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 3167, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3167/3167-vic/topic/language