7.3% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albany · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Albany
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Albany than in most other areas. Only 7.3% of residents speak a different language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than both the state and the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of the community, and only 0.6% of people speak little or no English. This is a little below the national figure of 3.4%, with other spoken languages including Italian, Tagalog and Mandarin.
0.6% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
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/sa2/509011225/albany/topic/language