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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Dunedin City, Māori was the commonly spoken language after English in 2018.
Dunedin City's language statistics show the proportion of the population that speaks and understands a language other than English. They are indicative of how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language. Language statistics also provide an indicator for the monitoring of language education programs.
Dunedin City's language data should be analysed in conjunction with Ethnicity statistics, Māori Descent, Country of Birth, and Religion statistics to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area.
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Multi-response
Languages spoken - Summary | |||||||
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Dunedin City | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Languages spoken - Summary | Number | % of total population | St Clair % | Number | % of total population | St Clair % | 2006 to 2018 |
English only | 106,584 | 84.4 | 85.8 | 98,388 | 82.9 | 86.3 | +8,196 |
Māori only | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -15 |
Māori and English | 2,094 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1,608 | 1.4 | 0.9 | +486 |
No language (too young to talk) | 2,100 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1,752 | 1.5 | 1.1 | +348 |
Not stated / included | 3.0 | -- | -- | 4,482 | 3.8 | 2.7 | -4,479 |
Total population | 126,249 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 118,686 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,563 |
Languages spoken - Ranked by size | |||||||
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Dunedin City | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Languages spoken - multi-response | Number | % of total population | St Clair % | Number | % of total population | St Clair % | 2006 to 2018 |
English | 123,117 | 97.5 | 98.3 | 111,759 | 94.2 | 96.0 | +11,358 |
Māori | 2,574 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2,127 | 1.8 | 1.4 | +447 |
French | 2,124 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2,274 | 1.9 | 2.3 | -150 |
German | 1,683 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1,677 | 1.4 | 2.3 | +6 |
Northern Chinese | 1,449 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 969 | 0.8 | 0.1 | +480 |
Spanish | 1,041 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 711 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +330 |
Yue | 849 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 909 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -60 |
Samoan | 801 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 624 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +177 |
Japanese | 780 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 843 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -63 |
Semitic not further defined | 777 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 858 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -81 |
New Zealand Sign Language | 714 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 714 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 |
Languages spoken - Totals | |||||||
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Dunedin City | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Languages spoken - Totals | Number | % of total population | St Clair % | Number | % of total population | St Clair % | 2006 to 2018 |
Not stated / included | 3.0 | -- | -- | 4,482 | 4.2 | 2.9 | -4,479 |
Total population | 110,832 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 106,296 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,536 |
Total respondents | 110,829 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 101,814 | 95.8 | 97.1 | +9,015 |
Total responses | 146,808 | 132.5 | 129.6 | 136,050 | 128.0 | 125.2 | +10,758 |
Analysis of the language spoken by the population of Dunedin City in 2018 compared to St Clair shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a similar proportion of those who spoke Māori, or Māori and English.
Overall, 84.4% spoke English only and 1.7% spoke Māori, or Māori and English, compared with 85.8% and 1.8% respectively for St Clair.
The dominant language spoken at home, other than English, in Dunedin City was Māori , with 2.0% of the population, or 2,574 people speaking this language at home.
There were no major differences between Dunedin City and St Clair in 2018.
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population.
Between 2006 and 2018, the number of people who spoke Māori, or Māori and English increased by 471 or 28.1%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 8,196 or 8.3%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of the population in Dunedin City between 2006 and 2018 were for those speaking:
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