6.2% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albany · Council (LGA)
Language in Albany
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.8% of people in Albany. While most residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has risen slightly to 6.2% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3% and the state's 18.4%. Only 0.7% of the population speaks little or no English, which is a little below both state and national levels.
0.7% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50080/albany/topic/language