11.8% ▲ +140.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dakabin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dakabin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the only language spoken at home for 82.4% of people in Dakabin. While this is the vast majority, the area has a higher share of people using other languages than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.8% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is mirrored by the 1.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
1.1% ▲ +44.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Dakabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30789/dakabin/topic/language