9.5% ▲ +186.1%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dubbo · Urban Area
Language in Dubbo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 82.1% of people in Dubbo, though the use of other languages has risen significantly. While most residents speak only English, the share of people using another language at home nearly tripled between 2011 and 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents speak little or no English (0.9%), a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.9% ▲ +217.0%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1012/dubbo/topic/language