6.9% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Albany · Urban Centre
Language in Albany
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slightly growing number of people in Albany now speak a language other than English at home, rising to 6.9% since 2011. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.1% of residents, though Tagalog, Italian and Mandarin are also spoken. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the national average.
0.8% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512001/albany/topic/language