6.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dapto · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dapto
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 90% of people in Dapto speak only English at home. While this is far below the national figure, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 6.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the state average.
0.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11203/dapto/topic/language