29.0% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lane Cove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lane Cove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 67.7% of people in Lane Cove. However, nearly 3 in 10 residents speak another language at home, a figure that is well above the national average. This creates a diverse linguistic profile for the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29% of people use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. While Mandarin (6.3%) and Cantonese (3.2%) are the most common non-English languages, only 3.1% of residents speak little or no English.
3.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12275/lane-cove/topic/language