18.8% ▲ +119.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Language in Durack
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 75.7% of people in Durack. While most residents speak English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity includes speakers of Tagalog, Greek, Mandarin and Punjabi, though only 1.8% of residents speak little or no English.
1.8% ▲ +51.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70084/durack/topic/language