51.8% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dundas Valley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dundas Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of the people in Dundas Valley speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, with a significant number of residents who speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 51.8% of residents use a language other than English, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 42% speak only English, Mandarin (14.9%) and Cantonese (8.9%) are common; meanwhile, 12.2% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the national average.
12.2% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Dundas Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11316/dundas-valley/topic/language