26.4% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lyneham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lyneham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of residents in Lyneham speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This linguistic diversity makes the area one of the most multilingual at this level, with 26.4% of people using a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.6% of people speak only English, common second languages include Mandarin (3.9%) and Vietnamese (1.9%). About 2.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
2.8% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Lyneham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80086/lyneham/topic/language