27.8% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dulwich Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dulwich Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Dulwich Hill are speaking a language other than English at home than in previous years. Now 27.8% of residents use another language, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a diverse community where many residents are multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 67.4% of people, while Greek is the most common other language at 5.0%. This linguistic diversity is reflected in the 5.4% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average.
5.4% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Dulwich Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11306/dulwich-hill/topic/language