Lancefield · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lancefield

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

Just 3.1% of people in Lancefield use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.

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📍 Lancefield, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 91.8% of the population. While a tiny fraction of residents speak little or no English (0.2%), this is actually higher than the figure for most similar areas.

3.1% ▼ -17.0%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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

0.2% ▲ +34.3%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Lancefield, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21456/lancefield/topic/language