3.1% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dunkeld · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Dunkeld has remained very steady since 2011, with only 3.1% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place where English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 90.8% of the population, and the number of people using other languages has barely changed over the last decade. Very few residents struggle with English, as 0.0% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average.
3.1% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Dunkeld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221022/dunkeld/topic/language