3.6% ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lethbridge · Urban Centre
Language in Lethbridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between Lethbridge and the rest of the state, with only 3.6% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6% and the national average of 22.3%. Most residents here speak English exclusively.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 93.0% of the area, and while those using other languages rose slightly to 3.6% since 2011, the figure remains much lower than the state average. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the 4.4% seen across Victoria.
0.5% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Lethbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221041/lethbridge/topic/language