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Languages spoken in Lake Illawarra

8.8% of Lake Illawarra residents speak a language other than English at home, across 27 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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3,269

Residents

8.8%

-2.0%

Speak a language other than English

27

Languages spoken

16.6%

+6.4%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Arabic
    49+75.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    38-26.9%
  3. 03
    Thai
    20+567%
  4. 04
    Bosnian
    18+63.6%
  5. 05
    Macedonian
    17-10.5%
  6. 06
    Turkish
    15-42.3%
  7. 07
    Italian
    14-68.2%
  8. 08
    Croatian
    13-18.8%
  9. 09
    Greek
    11-8.3%
  10. 10
    Serbian
    11

Where residents were born

16.6% born overseas, across 33 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    149-8.6%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    38-5.0%
  3. 03
    Spain
    38+8.6%
  4. 04
    Scotland
    31+24.0%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    28+33.3%
  6. 06
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    22+144%
  7. 07
    Croatia
    22+83.3%
  8. 08
    Thailand
    17
  9. 09
    Italy
    16-52.9%
  10. 10
    Malta
    14-6.7%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Lake Illawarra at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,584-16.8%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,295+38.7%
  3. 03
    Islam
    47+20.5%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    29+11.5%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    10+66.7%

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