41.2% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Altona North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Altona North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Altona North speak only English at home, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most other places. Around 41.2% of residents use a language other than English, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common non-English language at 10%, followed by Greek, Italian, and Vietnamese. While 7.9% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than the state average, though both the number of non-English speakers and those with limited English have fallen since 2011.
7.9% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Altona North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021343/altona-north/topic/language