77.1% ▲ +1388.4%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 77.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dauan Island · Urban Centre
Language in Dauan Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 77% of people on Dauan Island use a language other than English at home. This is a huge increase from 2011, making the area's linguistic profile far more diverse than the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A huge 77.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. This shift is reflected in the 7.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average.
7.6% ▲ —
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Dauan Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322033/dauan-island/topic/language