4.9% ▲ +53.4%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lithgow · Urban Area
Language in Lithgow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Lithgow than in most similar areas. Only 4.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 86.5% of the population. While the use of other languages rose 1.7 points since 2011, the 0.7% who speak little or no English is still well below the New South Wales average.
0.7% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1019/lithgow/topic/language