3.7% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albany Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Albany Surrounds speaks English daily, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. Only 3.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant tongue here, spoken by 88.5% of people, while only 0.1% speak little or no English. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% for people using other languages at home, with only small numbers of Italian and Mandarin speakers in the area.
3.7% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.1% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Albany Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509011226/albany-surrounds/topic/language