21.6% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dawes Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dawes Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher proportion of people speak another language at home in Dawes Point compared to most similar areas. While 21.6% of the population uses a language other than English, this figure is well below the New South Wales rate of 26.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 76.4% of residents, with Mandarin, Greek, and Italian being the most common others. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.6% ▲ +85.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Dawes Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11224/dawes-point/topic/language