8.6% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3629, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3629, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in postcode 3629 compared to the rest of the country. While 8.6% of the population uses another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.9% of the area, though the use of other languages rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011. Small numbers of people speak Punjabi, Italian, Mandarin or Tagalog, and 1.8% speak little or no English.
1.8% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 3629, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3629/3629-vic/topic/language