1.3% ▲ +68.4%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3688, VIC · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken exclusively in 90.3% of homes across postcode 3688. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the nation, with very few residents using a language other than English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.3% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 27.6% and has barely changed since 2011. Similarly, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.3% ▲ +68.4%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▲ —
Lower than 56% 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 3688, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3688/3688-vic/topic/language