6.6% ▲ +193.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dewhurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dewhurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Dewhurst compared to the rest of the country. While 6.6% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.1% of residents, and none of the population speaks little or no English. This lack of English-language barriers is well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
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.
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 Dewhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20750/dewhurst/topic/language