Dungog, New South Wales

Languages other than English in Dungog

Only fewer than one in 100 residents in Dungog speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Samoan is the one heard most. Only a small margin separates Tagalog from the leader. Fewer than 100 councils have a lower share.

Residents
10,019
Speak another language
26
Languages at home
14
Change since 2016
−55.9%

Which languages are heard at home in Dungog?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

Samoan

7 speakers

About 0.1 per cent of all residents.

Tagalog

7 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has more than doubled.

French

6 speakers

It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.

How far is Dungog from the City of Sydney on languages?

In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double. Dungog is 128th of 128 across New South Wales.

Dungog
0.3%
City of Sydney
33.9%
Australia
21.3%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Compare Dungog with every council on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Dungog have the most speakers of other languages?

The share barely changes across 16 suburbs; Paterson is highest.

Every suburb here has a page of its own.

Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.

The headline 0.3% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 475 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 5.0%, while measuring only those who answered gives 0.3%.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

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