10.5% ▲ +604.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Galston · Urban Centre
Language in Galston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 9 percentage points since 2011 marks a shift in Galston, where 10.5% of people now use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.0% of people, while Italian, Arabic, Greek and Mandarin are the other most common tongues. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.3%, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.3% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 56% of urban centre 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 Galston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115063/galston/topic/language