18.8% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dalkeith · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dalkeith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Dalkeith speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While about 18.8% of residents use another language, this is roughly the same as the Western Australian average and well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 19% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin (6.0%) and Cantonese (2.2%) being the most common. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Australian average.
1.5% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Dalkeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50374/dalkeith/topic/language