12.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Davenport · State Electorate
Language in Davenport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly half as many people in Davenport use a language other than English at home compared to the national average. While 12.3% of residents speak another language, this figure is well below both the state and national levels. English remains the dominant language here, though the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.2% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 1.7%. Very few people speak little or no English at 1.2%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Davenport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40009/davenport/topic/language