6.2% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albany (South West) · State Electorate
Language in Albany (South West)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Albany (South West). Only 6.2% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a community where very few people struggle with English in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, at 87.8%. Those who use another language at home have increased slightly since 2011, yet the 0.7% who speak little or no English is still much lower than in most other areas.
0.7% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50106/albany/topic/language