23.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lewisham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lewisham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost a quarter of Lewisham residents speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While English remains the dominant tongue, a variety of other languages are common in the neighborhood.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 23.7% of people use another language at home, which is a little above the national figure. This diversity is reflected in the use of Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek and Italian, though only 3.6% of residents speak little or no English.
3.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12322/lewisham/topic/language