6.0% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lithgow · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lithgow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken in 87.2% of Lithgow homes, making it the dominant language of the area. While the town is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average, a small number of residents still use a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6% of people here use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas despite being far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 1% of residents speak little or no English, a result that is well below the state average.
1.0% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12356/lithgow/topic/language