17.8% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Patterson Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Language in Patterson Lakes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly 80% of people in Patterson Lakes. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, the proportion of people speaking a language other than English is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.8% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes speakers of Mandarin, Greek, Cantonese, and Italian, though only 2.7% of the population speak little or no English.
2.7% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Patterson Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22047/patterson-lakes/topic/language