5.2% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Damascus · Suburb / Locality
Language in Damascus
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 82.3% of people in Damascus, making it the dominant language of the area. While more residents use another language at home than in most similar areas, the overall figure remains well below the state and national levels.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.2% of the community speaks a language other than English at home, with Tagalog being the most common second language. Despite this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.
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.
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 Damascus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30802/damascus/topic/language