6.8% ▲ +80.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dolphin Heads · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Dolphin Heads use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. However, the community remains overwhelmingly English-speaking, with 83.3% of residents using only English and almost no one struggling with English proficiency.
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.8% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents face language barriers, as 0.0% of the population speak little or no English.
6.8% ▲ +80.3%
Higher than 68% 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 Dolphin Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30860/dolphin-heads/topic/language