20.7% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dingley Village · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dingley Village
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Dingley Village speak a language other than English at home compared to the state average. While 20.7% of the community use another language, this is well below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. Most residents rely on English as their primary tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 76.3% of the community, with Greek and Mandarin being the most common other languages. Only 2.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.4% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Dingley Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20758/dingley-village/topic/language