10.9% ▲ +53.5%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3212, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3212, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 80.1% of people in postcode 3212, making it the dominant language in the area. While more people use other languages here than in most similar areas, this is still far below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 10.9% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 3.8 percentage points since 2011. Punjabi, Tagalog and Vietnamese are the most common non-English languages, while only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 3212, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3212/3212-vic/topic/language