55.8% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dandenong North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dandenong North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just over a third of Dandenong North residents speak only English at home, making it a highly multilingual area. More than half the population uses a language other than English, a figure far above the national average. This diversity is reflected in the many different languages spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 55.8% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% national figure. Along with this, 10.8% of residents speak little or no English, a proportion well above both the state and national averages. Common languages spoken here include Greek, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Mandarin.
10.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20708/dandenong-north/topic/language