8.4% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3219, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3219, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking a language other than English at home in postcode 3219, with the figure rising 1.3 percentage points since 2011. While English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority, there is a small but growing variety of languages spoken across the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.4% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This includes small numbers of Italian, Punjabi, Greek and Mandarin speakers, though only 1.0% of people speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 3219, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3219/3219-vic/topic/language