31.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3178, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3178, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more diverse than most areas, postcode 3178 is a place where nearly a third of residents speak a language other than English at home. This linguistic variety has grown over the last decade, with 31.6% of people now using another language, a figure well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 6.7%, followed by Cantonese at 3%. While 4.4% of people speak little or no English—which is much higher than in most areas—this figure has remained stable since 2016.
4.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 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 3178, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3178/3178-vic/topic/language