25.4% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dickson · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dickson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in Dickson use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places. The mix of languages spoken reflects a broad range of cultural backgrounds within the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the 22.3% national average. While 70.7% speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 6.6%, and 3.5% of people speak little or no English.
3.5% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Dickson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80046/dickson/topic/language