Dumbalk · Suburb / Locality

Language in Dumbalk

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Just 2.6% of people in Dumbalk use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making the area very linguistically uniform.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 87.3% of residents. While this is far below the state and national averages, the 0.0% of people who speak little or no English is actually higher than in most similar areas.

2.6% ▼ -9.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Dumbalk, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Dumbalk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20804/dumbalk/topic/language