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Smiths Lake · Suburb / Locality

Language in Smiths Lake

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

English is the dominant language in Smiths Lake, where only 3.5% of people speak another tongue at home. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar places, though it is far below the national figure.

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📍 Smiths Lake, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 89.3% of residents speak only English. While far below the New South Wales average, the 0.4% of people who speak little or no English is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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3.5% ▲ +27.8%

Higher than 50% 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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0.4% ▲ +54.5%

Higher than 66% 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 Smiths Lake, English only is the majority at 99%; Arabic is next at 0%.

English only 89.3% Arabic 0.2% Greek 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 Smiths Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13579/smiths-lake/topic/language