16.0% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dapto - Port Kembla · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Dapto - Port Kembla
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 80% of people in Dapto - Port Kembla speak only English at home. While this is far more than the state average, the area is still more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. This proportion fell 1.9 percentage points since 2011, and 2.9% of people speak little or no English.
2.9% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Dapto - Port Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10701/dapto-port-kembla/topic/language