9.8% ▲ +215.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dubbo · Urban Centre
Language in Dubbo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Dubbo compared to the national average, though diversity is growing. Only 9.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Despite this gap, the number of people using different languages has risen significantly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 81.6% of the community speaks only English, the share of people using another language at home rose 6.7 points since 2011 to reach 9.8%. This is much higher than most similar areas, but still well below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▼ -35.5%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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/ucl/UCL112006/dubbo/topic/language