11.4% ▲ +137.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dumberning · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dumberning
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 87% of people in Dumberning speak only English at home. While this is common, the area has a higher proportion of people using a second language at home than most similar places. Still, the local figures remain far below the national average for language diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure. Despite this, no one in the community reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Dumberning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50436/dumberning/topic/language