53.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3976, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3976, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in postcode 3976 speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most of Victoria, with a growing number of residents who rely on languages other than English for daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 39.5% of residents speak only English, 53.1% use another language at home, a figure that is far above the national average and rose since 2011. This diversity is reflected in the 10.4% who speak little or no English, which is well above the Victorian figure of 4.4%.
10.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 3976, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3976/3976-vic/topic/language