28.1% ▲ +112.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3754, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3754, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more diverse than most similar areas, postcode 3754 has seen a sharp increase in people using languages other than English. The proportion of residents speaking another language at home rose 15 percentage points since 2011 to reach 28.1%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 68.6% of people speak only English, Punjabi is the most common second language at 3.2%, followed by Hindi and Arabic. Around 2.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.6% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 3754, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3754/3754-vic/topic/language