11.7% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lakelands · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lakelands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Lakelands now speak a language other than English at home. While 11.7% of residents use another language, this is much higher than in most similar areas despite being well below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84% of the area, though Tagalog and Mandarin are the most common others. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
0.8% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Lakelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50828/lakelands/topic/language