12.1% ▲ +111.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lavington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lavington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher proportion of residents in Lavington speak a language other than English at home compared to similar areas. While 12.1% of people use another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English, though Punjabi is the most common second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 81.5% of residents. While 2.6% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure, this is actually much higher than what is typically seen in similar areas.
2.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Lavington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12296/lavington/topic/language