11.7% ▲ +112.8%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lavington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Lavington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Lavington, where 81.8% speak only English at home. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales, the proportion of people using another language at home has more than doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 11.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 2.1%, while 2.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure slightly higher than most similar areas.
2.5% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Lavington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109011176/lavington/topic/language