16.4% ▲ +234.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lancelin · Urban Centre
Language in Lancelin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people use a language other than English at home in Lancelin compared to most similar areas. While 75.1% speak only English, the number of people using another language at home rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.4%. This shift is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, including Mandarin, Vietnamese, Greek and Cantonese.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the 22.3% national figure. However, the 6.0% of people who speak little or no English is among the highest for areas of this type and is well above the state figure of 2.3%.
6.0% ▲ +1408.0%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521030/lancelin/topic/language