20.9% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alexandria · Suburb / Locality
Language in Alexandria
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 20% of people in Alexandria use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.1% of residents, with Mandarin and Cantonese being the most common other tongues. While 20.9% speak another language, only 1.7% of the population speak little or no English.
1.7% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Alexandria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10030/alexandria/topic/language