28.6% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3804, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3804, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in postcode 3804 now speak a language other than English at home, rising by 6.3 percentage points since 2011. This brings the total to 28.6%, which is well above the national figure. This shift makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.3% of people speak only English, 28.6% use another language, with Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, and Punjabi being the most common. About 4.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas and rose slightly since 2016.
4.2% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 3804, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3804/3804-vic/topic/language