35.7% ▲ +82.0%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3977, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3977, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 13 percentage points separates postcode 3977 from the national average in the number of people who speak a language other than English at home. This trend has grown quickly, with the share of multilingual residents rising by 16 points since 2011. It is now a linguistically diverse area where 35.7% of people use another language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 59.2% of the area, but Punjabi is the next most common at 6.0%, followed by Hindi at 1.8%. This diversity is reflected in the 4.7% of people who speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.7% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 3977, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3977/3977-vic/topic/language