Dunoon · Urban Centre

Language in Dunoon

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 3.5% of people in Dunoon (L) use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and reflects a community where English is the overwhelming primary language.

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📍 Dunoon, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks English, with 84.8% using only English at home. This is far below the New South Wales rate of 26.6%, and notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

3.5% ▼ -28.1%

Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Dunoon, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121033/dunoon/topic/language