Dunolly · Suburb / Locality

Language in Dunolly

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

Only 2% of people in Dunolly use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the Victorian average. This makes the town much less linguistically diverse than most other areas in the state and the country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 92.1% of residents. While 0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure, the most common second language spoken is Mandarin at 0.6%.

2.0% ▲ +6.9%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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 Dunolly, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Dunolly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20813/dunolly/topic/language