Dungog · Suburb / Locality

Language in Dungog

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

English is spoken by almost everyone in Dungog, with 94.9% of residents using it as their only language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 0.8% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. This lack of diversity is reflected in the fact that 0% of the population speak little or no English.

0.8% ▼ -48.0%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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 Dungog, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11323/dungog/topic/language