53.3% ▲ +53.2%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Docklands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Docklands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Docklands speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This shift is a recent trend, with the proportion of people using other languages rising by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 53.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 14.9%, about 5.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure slightly above the state average.
5.5% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Docklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041118/docklands/topic/language