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Lake Illawarra · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lake Illawarra

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

English is the primary language for 82.6% of people in Lake Illawarra. While English dominates, about 9.4% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

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📍 Lake Illawarra, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Despite being much higher than similar areas, the 9.4% of people using other languages is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 1.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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9.4% ▼ -9.0%

Higher than 74% 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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1.5% ▲ +0.2%

Higher than 81% 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 Lake Illawarra, English only is the majority at 96%; Arabic is next at 2%.

English only 82.6% Arabic 1.3% Italian 0.5% Tagalog 0.4% Vietnamese 0.3% Greek 0.3% Mandarin 0.3%

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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12259/lake-illawarra/topic/language