Lawson, Blue Mountains

What Lawson speaks at home

Most homes in Lawson speak only English. At the 2021 Census, 144 people used another language, most often Auslan. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Blue Mountains.

Residents
2,842
Speak another language
5.1%+35.8%
Languages spoken
22
Born overseas
15.2%

What languages do people in Lawson speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Auslan
    12
  2. 02
    German
    11+120%
  3. 03
    Polish
    10+42.9%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    10-63.0%
  5. 05
    Japanese
    9
  6. 06
    Thai
    9
  7. 07
    Arabic
    8+167%
  8. 08
    Cantonese
    8+167%
  9. 09
    Dutch
    7+40.0%
  10. 10
    French
    7+16.7%

How does Lawson compare with New South Wales?

New South Wales has a higher share than Lawson.

Lawson (NSW)
5.1%
Blue Mountains
5.1%
New South Wales
25.7%

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

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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Lawson (NSW) is part of Blue Mountains, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.