5.8% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3400, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3400, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in postcode 3400 now speak a language other than English at home, rising to 5.8% in 2021. Despite this increase, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages. Most residents use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.8% of residents. Only 5.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 3400, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3400/3400-vic/topic/language