Allingham · Urban Centre

Language in Allingham

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

A massive drop in the use of non-English languages has occurred in Allingham, where only 2% of people now speak another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than both the state and national figures.

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📍 Allingham, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 89.9% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.2%, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

2.0% ▼ -97.9%

Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 91.7%
  • 2016: 87.8%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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

0.2% ▼ -97.0%

Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Allingham, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Allingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315003/allingham/topic/language