3.4% —
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
3990, VIC · Postcode
Language in 3990, VIC
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.4% of people in postcode 3990 used a language other than English at home in 2021, a figure that has fallen since 2016. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.6% of residents, with Italian being the most common other language at 2.5%. This shift toward English is reflected in the data, as the share of people using other languages fell 5.1 percentage points since 2016. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, a figure well below the national average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 3990, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3990/3990-vic/topic/language