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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idDennington'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.
Dennington'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.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language used at home - Summary | |||||||
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| Dennington - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Warrnambool City % | Number | % | Warrnambool City % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 1,902 | 91.2 | 89.0 | 777 | 97.7 | 93.6 | +1,125 |
| Non-English total | 71 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | +67 |
| Not stated | 112 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 12 | 1.6 | 4.8 | +100 |
| Total Population | 2,086 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 795 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,291 |
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
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| Dennington - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Warrnambool City % | Number | % | Warrnambool City % | 2001 to 2021 |
| Mandarin | 22 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +22 |
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Dennington was Mandarin, with 1.1% of the population, or 22 people using this language at home.
There were no major differences between Dennington and Warrnambool City in 2021.
Emerging groups
Between 2001 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 66 or 1320.0%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 1,125 or 144.8%.
There were no major differences in Dennington between 2001 and 2021.
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