Dungay · Suburb / Locality

Language in Dungay

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A tiny 1.3% of people in Dungay use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state and country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken by 88.4% of residents, while Italian is used by 1.3%. While a very small number of people speak little or no English, this is still well below the national figure of 3.4%.

1.3% ▼ -29.8%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Dungay, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Dungay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11321/dungay/topic/language