5.3% ▲ +195.5%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lithgow · Urban Centre
Language in Lithgow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.1% of people in Lithgow. While most residents speak only English, the share of people using another language at home has risen to 5.3% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 5.3% of people using another language at home is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Meanwhile, the 0.7% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is still well below the state average.
0.7% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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/ucl/UCL113008/lithgow/topic/language