29.2% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lyons · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lyons
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 66.2% of people in Lyons, though the area is notably diverse. Nearly 30% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.2% of people use another language at home, a figure that is well above the ACT and national averages. While English is common, Mandarin, Hindi, Punjabi, and Italian are also spoken, and 2.8% of residents speak little or no English.
2.8% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80087/lyons/topic/language