4.6% ▼ -92.2%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lismore · State Electorate
Language in Lismore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Lismore, where only 4.6% of people use another tongue at home. This level of linguistic uniformity is far below the national figure and reflects a sharp drop in non-English language use since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
With 87% of residents speaking only English, the proportion of people using another language is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This trend is mirrored in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.4%.
0.4% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10045/lismore/topic/language