10.8% ▲ +188.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lameroo · Urban Centre
Language in Lameroo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Lameroo now speak a language other than English at home, with the figure rising 7.0 percentage points since 2011. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the 10.8% of residents using another language remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 79.7% of residents, though 1.4% now speak little or no English. This is much higher than in most similar areas, consistent with the rise in people using languages like Tagalog at home.
1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Lameroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421020/lameroo/topic/language