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Lightning Ridge · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lightning Ridge

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More people in Lightning Ridge are using a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 9.1% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most people here speak only English.

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📍 Lightning Ridge, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 9.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 1% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.

People using another language at home

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9.1% ▼ -18.8%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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1.0% ▲ +46.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Lightning Ridge, English only is the majority at 98%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

English only 69.9% Tagalog 0.8% Mandarin 0.2% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.2%

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 Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12329/lightning-ridge/topic/language