17.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alphington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Alphington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more diverse than most similar areas, Alphington sees 17.7% of its residents speaking a language other than English at home. While this is higher than nearby suburbs, it remains well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.6% of people, though Greek, Mandarin and Italian are also spoken. About 2.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Alphington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20034/alphington/topic/language