4.7% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 79.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dirranbandi · Urban Centre
Language in Dirranbandi
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Dirranbandi (L) than in most similar areas. While 87.4% of the population speaks only English, the proportion of people using another language at home rose to 4.7% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 4.7% who speak another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Meanwhile, those who speak little or no English make up 1.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1.1% ▼ -90.9%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Dirranbandi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322035/dirranbandi/topic/language