Lucas, Ballarat

The languages of Lucas

Malayalam is the most common language after English in Lucas, where about 570 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Ballarat has a lower share than Lucas. Of those born overseas, the largest group came from India.

Residents
2,954
Speak another language
19.4%+294%
Languages spoken
35
Born overseas
19.9%

What's spoken at home in Lucas?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Malayalam
    101+910%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    83+1086%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    55+175%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    36+260%
  5. 05
    Urdu
    30
  6. 06
    Bengali
    22+340%
  7. 07
    Filipino
    21+950%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    21+75.0%
  9. 09
    Cantonese
    19+138%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    16+220%

Which countries are Lucas' residents from?

Among residents born overseas, India leads.

  1. 01
    India
    187+545%
  2. 02
    England
    74+335%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    45+95.7%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    35+338%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    31+675%
  6. 06
    Sri Lanka
    31+288%
  7. 07
    Bangladesh
    18+350%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    17+240%
  9. 09
    Pakistan
    15
  10. 10
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    11

Where does Lucas sit against Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has much the same share.

Lucas
19.4%
Ballarat
5.9%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Lucas?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,352+249%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,185+140%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    102+386%
  4. 04
    Islam
    80+1043%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    26+13.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    7+133%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Lucas is part of Ballarat, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.