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Dandenong Foothills Policy Area

Proficiency in English

In Dandenong Foothills Policy Area in 2021, 549 people who spoke a language other than English at home reported difficulty speaking English.

Proficiency in English measures the self-assessed proficiency in spoken English of people who speak a language other than English at home. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, such as Ancestry, Country of Birth, Language Spoken at Home and Religion, reflects Dandenong Foothills Policy Area's ethnic composition and how long the overseas born have been in Australia. This helps service providers determine whether they need to communicate with the local population in languages other than English.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How well does the person speak English?'

Proficiency in English
Dandenong Foothills Policy Area - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
English proficiencyNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only25,39383.368.024,95184.471.0+442
Speaks English well or very well3,52311.624.52,8369.621.4+686
Speaks English not well or not at all5491.84.33931.33.9+156
Not stated1,0093.33.21,3834.73.7-375
Total population30,474100.0100.029,565100.0100.0+909
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the population in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area in 2021 compared to the City of Knox shows that there was a higher proportion of people who spoke English only, and a lower proportion of people who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.

Overall, 83.3% of people spoke English only, and 1.8% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 68.0% and 4.3% respectively for the City of Knox.

Emerging groups

The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were in those speaking:

  • Speaks English well or very well (+686 persons)
  • Speaks English only (+442 persons)
  • Speaks English not well or not at all (+156 persons)

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