We are Albury

8 per cent.

8 in every 100 Albury residents speak a language other than English at home. 4,191 people, in 81 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
55,515
Speak another language
4,191
Languages at home
81
Growth since last census
+44.1%

Most of us speak English at home. 4,191 of us do not, across 81 languages, most often Nepali, Punjabi and Tagalog. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In New South Wales

#43

of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #196 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Nepali

758 speakers

Nepali is spoken by 758 of our residents at home, 1.4% of Albury.

Punjabi

753 speakers

Punjabi is spoken by 753 of our residents at home, 1.4% of Albury.

Tagalog

183 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 183 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Albury.

The languages of Albury

81 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Albury, covering 3,190 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    Nepali
    758+45.8%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    753+183%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    183+64.9%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    166+30.7%
  5. 05
    Swahili
    161+360%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    139+2.2%
  7. 07
    Greek
    116+5.5%
  8. 08
    Italian
    107+17.6%
  9. 09
    Filipino
    100+58.7%
  10. 10
    Malayalam
    98+63.3%

Fastest-growing among us

Punjabi

+183.1% since last census

We share this portrait because a council below the New South Wales average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 4,191 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Punjabi grew 183.1% since the last census, to 753 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

10.6% of us were born overseas, across 86 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,085+5.1%
  2. 02
    India
    1,017+98.6%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    553+3.0%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    399+58.3%
  5. 05
    Nepal
    356+86.4%
  6. 06
    Bhutan
    352+28.9%
  7. 07
    Germany
    211-12.1%
  8. 08
    Netherlands
    170+1.2%
  9. 09
    Congo, Democratic Republic of
    143+794%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    143+14.4%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Albury at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    26,885-10.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    22,227+55.5%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    1,256+48.5%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    410-14.2%
  5. 05
    Islam
    329+55.2%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    30+275%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 13 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Albury shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Albury
7.5%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

7.5% of Albury residents speak a language other than English at home, against 25.7% for New South Wales and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

How the headline share is counted. 7.5% is 4,191 residents as a share of all 55,515 of us. A further 3,161 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 13.2%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 8.0%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Albury, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Albury figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Albury.