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East Lismore · Suburb / Locality

Language in East Lismore

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in East Lismore, where 86.8% of people use only this language at home. While more residents here speak other languages than in most similar areas, the overall figures remain far below the state and national levels.

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📍 East Lismore, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 5.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few struggle with the language, as only 0.7% speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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5.6% ▲ +14.3%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▼ -23.2%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In East Lismore, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 86.8% Punjabi 0.5% Italian 0.4% Mandarin 0.3% Vietnamese 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Arabic 0.2% Greek 0.1%

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 East Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11361/east-lismore/topic/language