18.1% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albert Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Albert Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Albert Park now use a language other than English at home. While English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority, the area has become more linguistically diverse than most similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.1% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. English is the main language for 78.2% of people, followed by Greek at 7.3% and Italian at 1.4%. Only 2.7% of people speak little or no English.
2.7% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Albert Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20018/albert-park/topic/language