Afrikaans
6 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Dowerin, Western Australia
Which languages are spoken in Dowerin?
Afrikaans is the most common language after English in Dowerin, though only 11 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Only a small margin separates German from the leader. The share across Western Australia is at least twice Dowerin's.
- Residents
- 708
- Speak another language
- 11
- Languages at home
- 3
- Change since 2016
- +266.7%
What languages besides English do people speak in Dowerin?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Afrikaans, German and Dutch.
German
5 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
How does Dowerin compare with the City of Perth?
In the City of Perth, the share speaking another language is more than double. In the Western Australia table, Dowerin is 111th of 137.
- Dowerin
- 1.6%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Which suburbs of Dowerin have the most speakers of other languages?
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- MinnivaleLed by Afrikaans3%11
- Dowerin0%0
- 2 suburbs in Dowerin. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
1.6% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 61 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 10.2%; among respondents alone it's 1.7%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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