5.0% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dalmeny · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Dalmeny than across the state or nation. While 87% of the community speaks only English, the area has a slightly higher rate of non-English speakers than most similar places.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Similarly, those who speak little or no English make up just 0.8% of the population, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.0% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.8% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Dalmeny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11192/dalmeny/topic/language