50.7% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Denistone East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Denistone East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Denistone East speak a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This is far above the national figure, with a strong presence of Mandarin and Cantonese speakers in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 50.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 8.5% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average.
8.5% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Denistone East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11241/denistone-east/topic/language