2.9% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dodges Ferry · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Dodges Ferry is a place where very few people use a language other than English at home. Only 2.9% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 90.3% of the population. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most areas and about the same as the Tasmanian figure.
2.9% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Dodges Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60160/dodges-ferry/topic/language