53.3% ▲ +53.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Docklands · Suburb / Locality
Language in Docklands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Docklands use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This makes the suburb far more linguistically diverse than both Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 53.3% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the common languages spoken, with Mandarin (14.9%), Hindi (4.7%), and Cantonese (3.3%) following English, while 5.5% of residents speak little or no English.
5.5% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Docklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20766/docklands/topic/language