Dales Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Dales Creek

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Dales Creek, where very few residents use a different language at home. Only 2.5% of people speak a language other than English, making it much less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The vast majority of residents speak only English, at 92.8%. This is far below the state figure of 27.6% for other languages, and no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

2.5% ▲ +155.0%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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 Dales Creek, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese 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 Dales Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20701/dales-creek/topic/language