4.3% ▲ +179.6%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3268, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3268, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small but steady rise in linguistic diversity has occurred in postcode 3268 since 2011. While 89.3% of residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has grown to 4.3%. This remains far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian rate of 27.6%. This figure is lower than most similar areas, though it rose 2.7 percentage points since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.3% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.3% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 3268, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3268/3268-vic/topic/language