13.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Lambton · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Lambton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in North Lambton compared to the rest of the state. While 13.9% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Only 2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure a little below the national average of 3.4%. Besides English, the most common languages are Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese.
2.0% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 North Lambton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13004/north-lambton/topic/language