6.9% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lesmurdie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lesmurdie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.1% of people in Lesmurdie, making it far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country. Only 6.9% of residents use another language at home, which is a much lower figure than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.9% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas, this remains well below the 22.3% national figure. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English.
0.4% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Lesmurdie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50849/lesmurdie/topic/language