64.7% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 76.2%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lockhart River · Council (LGA)
Language in Lockhart River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 65% of people in Lockhart River use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where most residents speak a non-English language, although this has fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken exclusively by 23.1% of residents, the proportion of people using another language at home is among the highest for similar areas. Around 1.7% of the community speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.
1.7% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Lockhart River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34570/lockhart-river/topic/language