5.4% ▲ +54.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lanitza · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lanitza
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Lanitza has remained largely stable over the last decade, with English remaining the dominant tongue. While 5.4% of residents speak another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.9% of the population, while Punjabi is the most common other language at 1.3%. Only 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Lanitza [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12279/lanitza/topic/language