14.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3217, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3217, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English in postcode 3217 than in most similar areas. However, the 14% of residents who do so is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.3% of the area, while Punjabi is the most common other language at 2.3%. Only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.
1.3% ▲ +88.4%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 3217, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3217/3217-vic/topic/language