19.8% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dunlop · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dunlop
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people use a language other than English at home in Dunlop than in most similar areas. While 19.8% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the ACT figure of 24.6%. English remains the dominant tongue for 77.2% of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around one in five people use a language other than English, with Arabic and Mandarin being the most common non-English tongues. This diversity is reflected in the 2.7% who speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.7% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Dunlop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80049/dunlop/topic/language