Dumbleyung · Council (LGA)

Language in Dumbleyung

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 80.2% of people in Dumbleyung. This is a very uniform community where only 1.5% of residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure far below both the state and national averages.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people here use a language other than English at home, and this has barely changed since 2011. Only 0.7% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and Australia.

1.5% ▲ +76.8%

Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.7% ▲ +64.2%

Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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.

Language used at home

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In Dumbleyung, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Dumbleyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53010/dumbleyung/topic/language