13.2% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3196, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3196, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very little has changed since 2011 in the linguistic makeup of postcode 3196, where English remains the dominant tongue. While about 13.2% of people use a language other than English at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 82.7% of the area, with smaller groups speaking Greek, Mandarin and Italian. Although 13.2% of residents use another language at home—higher than in most similar areas—only 1.3% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
1.3% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 3196, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3196/3196-vic/topic/language