5.5% —
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dawesville (South West) · State Electorate
Language in Dawesville (South West)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Dawesville, where only 5.5% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 90% of residents speak only English, and the number of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.4%. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.3%.
0.4% —
Lower than 90% of state electorate 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.
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 Dawesville (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52006/dawesville/topic/language