5.3% ▲ +39.2%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lake Macquarie · Council (LGA)
Language in Lake Macquarie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Lake Macquarie compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.3% of residents speak another language, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While this is a small proportion, the number of people using other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.9% of the population, and only 0.6% of people speak little or no English. This is well below the New South Wales average, with other common languages including Mandarin, Italian, Cantonese, and Greek.
0.6% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14650/lake-macquarie/topic/language