4.4% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3953, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3953, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4.4% of people in postcode 3953 use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, and the level of linguistic diversity has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.6% of residents, with very few people speaking Italian (0.6%) or Mandarin (0.3%). Only 0.6% of the population speaks little or no English, which is well below the state average.
0.6% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 3953, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3953/3953-vic/topic/language