45.0% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Doonside · Suburb / Locality
Language in Doonside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Doonside use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in its class.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 45% of people speak another language at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English is the most common language at 47.2%, followed by Tagalog, Arabic, Hindi, and Punjabi, while 5.9% of the population speaks little or no English.
5.9% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Doonside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11277/doonside/topic/language