50.5% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lawson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Lawson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Lawson use a language other than English at home, making it far more linguistically diverse than most of the country. This creates a multicultural environment where English only is spoken by 42.9% of the population. While these figures have dipped slightly since 2016, the area remains a significant hub for non-English speakers.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 15.4%, followed by Vietnamese at 3.1% and Cantonese at 3.0%. While 50.5% of residents use another language at home—far above the ACT's 24.6%—the proportion of people who speak little or no English has fallen sharply to 4.3% since 2016.
4.3% ▼ -66.7%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011018/lawson/topic/language