58.6% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Doveton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Doveton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 58.6% of people in Doveton use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, with a significant gap between local habits and those seen across Victoria.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
More than half the population speaks another language at home, and 13.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure far above the Australian average. While 32% speak only English, other common languages include Vietnamese, Punjabi, Arabic and Mandarin.
13.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Doveton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20783/doveton/topic/language