12.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Docker · Suburb / Locality
Language in Docker
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people are speaking languages other than English in Docker. While 12.3% of residents use another language at home, this figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.1% of residents, though Italian is spoken by 6.6%. This is much higher than most similar areas, while the 3.8% who speak little or no English is among the highest for this level.
3.8% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Docker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20764/docker/topic/language