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Languages spoken in St Lucia

30.7% of St Lucia residents speak a language other than English at home, across 60 languages (ABS Census 2021).

12,048

Residents

30.7%

-22.6%

Speak a language other than English

60

Languages spoken

39.1%

-18.4%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,265-27.8%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    206-30.6%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    1860%
  4. 04
    Bengali
    143+55.4%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    138-44.8%
  6. 06
    Malay
    120-71.5%
  7. 07
    Japanese
    109+10.1%
  8. 08
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    106+43.2%
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    104-64.9%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    103+53.7%

Where residents were born

39.1% born overseas, across 74 countries.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    928-25.3%
  2. 02
    England
    351+14.3%
  3. 03
    India
    329+24.2%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    314-58.2%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    218+23.9%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    1830%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    178+30.9%
  8. 08
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    141-15.1%
  9. 09
    Bangladesh
    139+59.8%
  10. 10
    Indonesia
    138-57.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in St Lucia at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    5,954+17.4%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,926-9.6%
  3. 03
    Islam
    574-34.3%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    440-24.8%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    382+31.3%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    13-64.9%

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