8.9% ▲ +158.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dubbo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dubbo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 8.9% of people in Dubbo use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is far below the national figure, the town has a diverse mix of speakers including Punjabi, Mandarin, and Tagalog.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The vast majority of residents speak only English, with 82.7% doing so. Just 0.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average.
0.9% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11299/dubbo/topic/language