6.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenalta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glenalta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Glenalta, where only 6.3% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, with very few residents needing translation services for daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.3% of people speak a language other than English—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is still far below the national average of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English (92.2%), and only 0.3% of the population speak little or no English.
0.3% ▲ +124.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Glenalta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40501/glenalta/topic/language