49.2% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Language in Durack
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the residents in Durack use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This creates a unique community where almost 50% of people speak a different language, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 45.3% of people speak only English, Vietnamese is common at 21.8%, followed by Punjabi, Arabic and Mandarin. This diversity means 12.9% of the population speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
12.9% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30905/durack/topic/language