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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 81.0% of recent overseas arrivals in 2021, spoke a language other than English at home.
Albury City's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in Albury City compared to Regional VIC.
Albury City's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||
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Albury City - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Language | Number | % | Regional VIC |
Punjabi | 257 | 18.7 | 6.5 |
Swahili | 129 | 9.4 | 1.8 |
Nepali | 127 | 9.2 | 2.8 |
Mandarin | 62 | 4.5 | 10.7 |
Hindi | 49 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
Malayalam | 47 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
Tagalog | 47 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Filipino | 41 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
Vietnamese | 30 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
Urdu | 26 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||
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Albury City - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Language summary | Number | % | Regional VIC |
Speaks English only | 225 | 16.4 | 20.5 |
Non-English total | 1,113 | 81.0 | 78.0 |
Not stated | 36 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
Total people | 1,374 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in Albury City in 2021 compared to Regional VIC shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 16.4% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 81.0% spoke a non-English language, compared with 20.5% and 78.0% respectively for Regional VIC.
The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in Albury City was Punjabi, with 18.7% of the population, or 257 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of Albury City and Regional VIC in 2021 were:
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