5.5% ▲ +244.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Donald · Urban Centre
Language in Donald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Donald than in the rest of the country. Only 5.5% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this is higher than in most similar areas, English remains the dominant tongue here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 86.2% of the community, and only 0.2% of people speak little or no English. This figure is well below the national average and has barely changed since 2016, while the share of people using another language at home rose to 5.5% from 1.6% in 2011.
0.2% ▲ —
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Donald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215031/donald/topic/language