3.2% ▲ +37.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dalwood · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Dalwood than the national average. Only 3.2% of the population use another language at home, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93.1% of residents. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure at 1.8%.
3.2% ▲ +37.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 85% 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 Dalwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11196/dalwood/topic/language