28.4% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3189, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3189, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the sole language spoken at home for 67.5% of people in postcode 3189. However, the area is more linguistically diverse than most other places, with 28.4% of residents using a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 28.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This includes 4.1% who speak Mandarin and 3.8% who speak Greek, while the proportion of people speaking little or no English fell slightly to 4.0% since 2016.
4.0% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 3189, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3189/3189-vic/topic/language