3.7% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alstonville · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 92% of people in Alstonville, making it a very linguistically uniform area. Only 3.7% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
While most people speak only English, 0.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas. Aside from English, the most common languages used at home are Italian, Cantonese, and Punjabi.
3.7% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.2% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality 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 Alstonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10046/alstonville/topic/language