7.4% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) · Urban Centre
Language in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) have started using languages other than English at home since 2011. While 87.5% of people still speak only English, the share of those using another language has risen to 7.4%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the Victorian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.4% of people here use a language other than English at home, with small numbers speaking Vietnamese, Punjabi, Mandarin and Tagalog. Only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average but has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211001/albury-wodonga/topic/language