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Alpha · Suburb / Locality

Language in Alpha

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

Less than 1% of people in Alpha use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland and Australia.

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📍 Alpha, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 0.7% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 89.4% use only English, the small number of non-English speakers includes a few who speak Mandarin.

People using another language at home

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0.7% ▼ -18.4%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% 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.

Language used at home

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In Alpha, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 89.4% Mandarin 0.5%

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 Alpha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30045/alpha/topic/language