64.4% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greater Dandenong · Council (LGA)
Language in Greater Dandenong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the most common language spoken at home in Greater Dandenong, though it is used by only 29.3% of residents. This is an area of immense linguistic diversity where 64.4% of people use a language other than English, a figure that has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly two-thirds of the population speak another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the high number of Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Punjabi speakers, while 16.5% of residents speak little or no English.
16.5% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 Greater Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22670/greater-dandenong/topic/language