58.6% ▲ +41.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lyndhurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lyndhurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap separates Lyndhurst from the rest of the country, with 58.6% of people using a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by only 36.9% of residents, while Punjabi is the next most common language at 10.4%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.8% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average.
6.8% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Lyndhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21555/lyndhurst/topic/language