6.8% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3223, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3223, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 85.6% of people in postcode 3223. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation. This pattern has remained steady for over a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While this is around the middle for similar areas, those who speak little or no English (0.8%) are more common here than in most other areas.
0.8% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 3223, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3223/3223-vic/topic/language