7.2% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dawson · Federal Electorate
Language in Dawson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Dawson than in most similar areas. Only 7.2% of the population use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 83.3% of residents, and the 0.8% who speak little or no English is much lower than in most areas. While the use of other languages rose 1.7 percentage points since 2011, the most common non-English tongues remain Tagalog and Mandarin.
0.8% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate 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 Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED306/dawson/topic/language