Doveton - Eumemmering
Language used at home
In Doveton - Eumemmering, 57.7593 of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Doveton - Eumemmering's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Doveton - Eumemmering's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Doveton - Eumemmering - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Narre Warren South % | Number | % | Narre Warren South % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 3,918 | 33.0 | 55.4 | 36500 | 5,296 | 56.8 | 73.5 | -1,378 |
 Non-English total | 6,867 | 57.8 | 40.7 | 36501 | 3,462 | 37.1 | 21.4 | +3,405 |
| Not stated | 1,104 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 36502 | 574 | 6.2 | 5.1 | +530 |
| Total Population | 11,889 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,332 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,557 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Doveton - Eumemmering - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Narre Warren South % | Number | % | Narre Warren South % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Hazaraghi
| 1,359 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 36114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Serbian | 518 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 36032 | 428 | 4.6 | 0.5 | +90 |
| Tamil | 445 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 36035 | 40 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +405 |
| Dari | 439 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 36113 | 49 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +390 |
| Vietnamese | 297 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 36037 | 217 | 2.3 | 0.3 | +80 |
| Punjabi | 268 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 36088 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +248 |
| Sinhalese | 260 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 36033 | 101 | 1.1 | 1.9 | +159 |
| Arabic | 238 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 36004 | 202 | 2.2 | 1.2 | +36 |
| Persian | 181 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 36019 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +171 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 176 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 36011 | 92 | 1.0 | 1.1 | +84 |
| Urdu | 175 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 36108 | 40 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +135 |
| Mandarin | 171 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 36007 | 118 | 1.3 | 0.6 | +53 |
| Pashto | 124 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 36086 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +109 |
| Samoan | 114 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 36031 | 95 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +19 |
| Hindi | 113 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 36016 | 107 | 1.1 | 0.9 | +6 |
| Khmer | 109 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 36024 | 104 | 1.1 | 0.6 | +5 |
| Malayalam | 109 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 36077 | 23 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +86 |
| Spanish | 108 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 36034 | 143 | 1.5 | 1.9 | -35 |
| Greek | 96 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 36015 | 123 | 1.3 | 0.7 | -27 |
| Bosnian | 87 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 36051 | 87 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Cantonese | 85 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 36006 | 63 | 0.7 | 0.2 | +22 |
| Polish | 74 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 36028 | 125 | 1.3 | 0.4 | -51 |
| Turkish | 71 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 36036 | 102 | 1.1 | 0.6 | -31 |
| Croatian | 66 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 36009 | 99 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -33 |
| Albanian | 64 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 36045 | 44 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +20 |
| French | 63 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 36013 | 133 | 1.4 | 0.7 | -70 |
| Bengali | 58 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 36050 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +43 |
| Romanian | 54 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 36089 | 102 | 1.1 | 0.6 | -48 |
| Tongan | 53 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 36105 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +36 |
| Indonesian | 49 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36018 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +41 |
| Somali | 44 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 36094 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +33 |
| Hungarian | 42 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36017 | 97 | 1.0 | 0.4 | -55 |
| Italian | 42 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 36022 | 69 | 0.7 | 1.3 | -27 |
| Malay | 39 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36076 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +32 |
| Burmese | 38 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 36053 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +38 |
| Swahili | 36 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 36096 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +26 |
| Telugu | 34 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 36099 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +34 |
| Nuer | 30 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 36084 | 43 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -13 |
| Macedonian | 28 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36026 | 25 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Russian | 28 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36030 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +6 |
| Gujarati | 26 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36064 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +26 |
| German | 24 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36014 | 61 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -37 |
| Dutch | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36010 | 37 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -19 |
| Uygur | 18 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36109 | 7 | 0.1 | -- | +11 |
| Rohingya | 17 | 0.1 | -- | 36117 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Portuguese | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36029 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +5 |
| Kannada | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36071 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Māori (Cook Island) | 14 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36078 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Fijian | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36061 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +14 |
| Maltese | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36027 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -8 |
| Korean | 14 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 36025 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Dinka | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36059 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +9 |
| Armenian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36047 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -8 |
| Māori (New Zealand) | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36079 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -6 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Doveton - Eumemmering in 2021 compared to Narre Warren South shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 33.0% of the population used English only, and 57.8 used a non-English language, compared with 55.4% and 40.7% respectively for Narre Warren South.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Doveton - Eumemmering was Hazaraghi , with 11.4% of the population, or 1,359 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Doveton - Eumemmering and Narre Warren South in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Hazaraghi at home (11.4% compared to 6.0%)
- A larger percentage using Serbian at home (4.4% compared to 0.4%)
- A larger percentage using Tamil at home (3.7% compared to 1.2%)
- A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (2.5% compared to 0.6%)
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 3,405 or 98.4%, and the number of people who used English only decreased by 1,378 or 26.0%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Doveton - Eumemmering between 2006 and 2021 were for those using:
- Tamil (+405 persons)
- Dari (+390 persons)
- Punjabi (+248 persons)
- Persian (+171 persons)