3.3% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lower Macdonald · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lower Macdonald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.3% of people in Lower Macdonald use a language other than English at home, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and the New South Wales rate of 26.6%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 88.5% of residents. While a small number of people speak little or no English, this is still well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Lower Macdonald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12417/lower-macdonald/topic/language