2.7% ▲ +72.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lyons (Derwent) · State Electorate
Language in Lyons (Derwent)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Lyons (Derwent), with only 2.7% of people using another language at home. This is far below the national figure and among the lowest rates for similar areas, meaning most daily interactions happen in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 89.7% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English (0.3%), which is well below the Australian figure, while other home languages like Punjabi and Mandarin are very rare at 0.2% each.
0.3% ▲ +89.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 (Derwent) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60501/lyons/topic/language