Albany Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Albany Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant language in Albany Creek, where only 7.9% of people use another language at home. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a community with very high English proficiency across the board.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.4% of residents speak only English, meaning those who speak little or no English make up just 0.6% of the population. Other spoken languages are rare, with Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hindi each representing 0.6% or less of the area.

7.9% ▲ +41.9%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.6% ▲ +6.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Albany Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30020/albany-creek/topic/language