2.0% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3249, VIC · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 26 percentage point gap separates the language profile of postcode 3249 from the Victorian average. English is the dominant language here, with only 2.0% of residents using another tongue at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state.
English and the largest community languages.
Almost everyone here speaks only English, with 91.7% of residents using it at home. Very few people speak little or no English (0.1%), a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
2.0% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.1% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 3249, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3249/3249-vic/topic/language