6.1% ▲ +149.1%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dubbo · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Dubbo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Dubbo have started using a language other than English at home, with the figure rising 3.7 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, only 6.1% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 82.9% of residents, and the 0.6% who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5% and barely changed from 2016.
0.6% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10503/dubbo/topic/language