7.4% ▲ +145.1%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dubbo - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Dubbo - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have spoken a language other than English in Dubbo - East since 2011, with the figure rising by 4.4 percentage points. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents, but the area's linguistic variety is growing slowly. Only 7.4% of the population uses another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 7.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +41.4%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
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 Dubbo - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105031100/dubbo-east/topic/language