10.5% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lambton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lambton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Lambton than in most similar areas, though this remains low compared to the wider region. While 10.5% of residents use another language at home, the vast majority of the community speaks English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.9% of people. Those who speak little or no English make up 1.9% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.9% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Lambton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12273/lambton/topic/language