19.4% ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dover Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dover Gardens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Dover Gardens now speak a language other than English at home. While English remains the main tongue, nearly one in five people use another language, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure a little above the South Australian average. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.8%, while 2.6% of residents speak little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -54.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Dover Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40371/dover-gardens/topic/language