6.9% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alpine · Council (LGA)
Language in Alpine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Alpine compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.9% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 86.3% of the area, with Italian being the most common second language at 2.5%. While the share of people using other languages has fallen since 2011, the 0.9% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Alpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20110/alpine/topic/language