Lake Charm · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lake Charm

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

English is the dominant tongue in Lake Charm, where the 8.2% of people using another language at home is far below the national figure. This creates a linguistic profile that is much more uniform than the broader Australian community.

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📍 Lake Charm, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 92.5% of residents speak only English, Punjabi is the most common second language at 2.0%. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a result that is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

8.2% ▲ +183.9%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

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.

Language used at home

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In Lake Charm, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 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 Lake Charm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21430/lake-charm/topic/language