14.4% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dimbulah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dimbulah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 14% of people in Dimbulah speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is a little above the Queensland figure, it remains well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.9% of residents, though 6.1% speak Italian. Only 1.2% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
1.2% ▼ -35.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Dimbulah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30845/dimbulah/topic/language