37.8% ▲ +89.4%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lyons · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Lyons
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 38% of people in Lyons speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has jumped 18 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the Australian average. While many people use different languages, the vast majority still speak English well.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Greek is the most common non-English language at 5.4%, followed by Mandarin at 3.1%. Despite this diversity, only 3.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.3% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021021/lyons/topic/language