Lake Innes · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lake Innes

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

English remains the dominant tongue in Lake Innes, where only 3.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is very linguistically uniform, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.

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📍 Lake Innes, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 93.1% of residents speak only English, and no one in the area speaks little or no English. While 3.2% use another language at home—roughly the middle for similar areas—this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.

3.2% ▲ +84.6%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Innes, English only is the majority at 97%; Arabic is next at 2%.

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 Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12260/lake-innes/topic/language