27.8% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dural · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dural
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English at home in Dural than in most similar areas. About 27.8% of residents use a second language, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This mix of languages adds to the area's diversity while most people still speak English daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 69.1% of people, but Mandarin (6.0%) and Arabic (3.4%) are also common. While 3.0% of the population speak little or no English, this is much higher than most similar areas.
3.0% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
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 Dural [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11331/dural/topic/language