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Languages spoken in Dorset

1.9% of Dorset residents speak a language other than English at home, across 23 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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6,782

Residents

1.9%

+87.0%

Speak a language other than English

23

Languages spoken

#457

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Urdu
    31
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    11+267%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    10+233%
  4. 04
    Estonian
    8+100%
  5. 05
    German
    8-52.9%
  6. 06
    Nepali
    7
  7. 07
    Dutch
    6-33.3%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    6+100%
  9. 09
    Malay
    5
  10. 10
    French
    4-20.0%

23 languages recorded in Dorset(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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