66.4% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dandenong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dandenong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 66.4% of people in Dandenong use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Victorian figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places in the country, with many residents speaking a variety of global languages daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 23.5% of residents, while Punjabi, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Arabic are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 15.2% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the national average.
15.2% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20707/dandenong/topic/language