37.9% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dry Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dry Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the most common language in Dry Creek, spoken by 58.2% of people. However, the area is far more linguistically diverse than most, with a very high proportion of residents using another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 37.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 8.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
8.6% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Dry Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40373/dry-creek/topic/language