7.6% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
New Lambton · Suburb / Locality
Language in New Lambton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.9% of people in New Lambton. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the figure is still far below the state and national levels.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.6% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the 22.3% national figure. Despite this, 0.9% of people speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 New Lambton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12951/new-lambton/topic/language