4.1% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dandaragan · Council (LGA)
Language in Dandaragan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Dandaragan than in most similar areas. Only 4.1% of the population uses another language at home, a figure that has stayed the same since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 86% of residents, leaving Dandaragan far below the Western Australian figure of 18.4% for non-English speakers. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure.
0.3% ▼ -56.9%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Dandaragan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52590/dandaragan/topic/language