2.7% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Alberton compared to the rest of the state. Only 2.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 91.2% of the area. While the share of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
2.7% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 79% 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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20019/alberton/topic/language