37.8% —
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dee Why - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Dee Why - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Dee Why - North now speak a language other than English at home. This trend has made the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with nearly 38% of people using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken by 58% of households, but 37.8% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure. Mandarin, Italian, Tagalog and Punjabi are the most common non-English languages; meanwhile, 5.2% of the population speak little or no English.
5.2% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Dee Why - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122031695/dee-why-north/topic/language