Dalyston · Urban Centre

Language in Dalyston

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

Only 4% of people in Dalyston speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia, although the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.

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📍 Dalyston, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 89.2% of residents, with no one in the area reporting that they speak little or no English. This is well below the figures for both the state and the nation.

4.0% ▲ +58.8%

Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Dalyston, English only is the majority at 100%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

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 Dalyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221021/dalyston/topic/language