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Language in Dinner Plain

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

English remains the dominant language in Dinner Plain, where only 4.7% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is sparsely populated and shows very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Dinner Plain, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most residents speak English only (79.7%), with Mandarin being the most common other language at 6.3%. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.7% ▼ -48.4%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Dinner Plain, English only is the majority at 93%; Mandarin is next at 7%.

English only 79.7% Mandarin 6.3%

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 Dinner Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20760/dinner-plain/topic/language