18.6% ▲ +115.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Doreen · Suburb / Locality
Language in Doreen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 78.6% of people in Doreen, making it the dominant tongue spoken at home. While most residents use English, the area sees more linguistic variety than many similar places, with nearly one in five people speaking another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.6% of residents speak a language other than English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 1.8%, while 1.7% of people speak little or no English.
1.7% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Doreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20779/doreen/topic/language