6.4% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dixons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dixons Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Dixons Creek, though the area is now more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While only 6.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, this is higher than the figure for most nearby areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.5% of residents. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%, but is much higher than the usual rate for similar areas.
1.5% ▲ +61.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Dixons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20762/dixons-creek/topic/language