5.2% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lake Macquarie - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Lake Macquarie - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Lake Macquarie - West compared to most similar areas. Only 5.2% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a landscape where English is the overwhelming primary language for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 90.6% of households, and the proportion of people speaking another language is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 0.6% of the population speak little or no English, a rate that is well below the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) 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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11102/lake-macquarie-west/topic/language