31.4% ▲ +240.2%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3809, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3809, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 31% of people in postcode 3809 speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure and represents a huge shift in the area's makeup, with the number of people using another language rising 22 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 64.7% of residents, while Punjabi (4.6%) and Hindi (1.8%) are the most common other tongues. Despite this diversity, only 2.7% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
2.7% ▲ +71.6%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 3809, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3809/3809-vic/topic/language