31.7% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Altona Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Language in Altona Meadows
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Altona Meadows than in most similar areas. About 31.7% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This linguistic variety is a key feature of the local community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 63.6% of people speak only English, others use Vietnamese, Greek, Arabic, and Italian. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 5.1% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average.
5.1% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Altona Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20036/altona-meadows/topic/language