5.2% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Dudley · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in South Dudley, where very few people use another language at home. Only 5.2% of residents speak a language other than English, making it a far less linguistically diverse area than the rest of Victoria and Australia.
English and the largest community languages.
While 88.1% of people speak only English, the 5.2% who use another language is higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, there are no residents who speak little or no English, a figure well below the national average of 3.4%.
5.2% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in South Dudley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22307/south-dudley/topic/language