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Lakemba · State Electorate

Language in Lakemba

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A massive 46 percentage point gap separates Lakemba from the national average in the proportion of people using a language other than English at home. This linguistic diversity has grown rapidly, with 68% of residents speaking another language as of 2021. It is one of the most multilingual areas in the region.

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📍 Lakemba, State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic is the most common language spoken at home at 24.7%, while 23.9% of residents speak only English. Around 14% of people speak little or no English, which is far above the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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68.0% ▲ +192.5%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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14.0% ▼ -6.1%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

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.

Language used at home

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Lakemba splits fairly evenly between Arabic (37%) and English only (36%), with Vietnamese at 7%.

Arabic 24.7% English only 23.9% Vietnamese 4.5% Cantonese 3.9% Mandarin 3.7% Greek 3.3% Hindi 1.0% Italian 1.0% Tagalog 0.7% Punjabi 0.2%

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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10043/lakemba/topic/language