Thai
44 speakers
It has grown by about three quarters since 2016.
Lithgow, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Lithgow
Only about 680 people in Lithgow speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Thai is the one heard most. Spanish is barely behind. In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 20,630
- Speak another language
- 677
- Languages at home
- 53
- Change since 2016
- +27.5%
Which languages are heard at home in Lithgow?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
How does Lithgow compare with Australia as a whole?
The national share is more than twice as high as Lithgow's. In the New South Wales table, Lithgow is 72nd of 128.
- Lithgow
- 3.3%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Do Lithgow's suburbs differ much?
Even across 26 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Vale Of Clwydd.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- McKellars ParkLed by Slovak8%19
- Hartley (NSW)Led by Portuguese7%21
- Hermitage FlatLed by Greek7%22
- NewnesLed by Spanish6%18
- Kanimbla (NSW)Led by Italian5%21
- Vale Of ClwyddLed by Turkish5%29
- LithgowLed by Thai5%235
- SodwallsLed by Croatian4%14
- South BowenfelsLed by Urdu4%47
- BowenfelsLed by Arabic3%68
- Glen DavisLed by Czech3%9
- South LittletonLed by German3%8
- Portland (NSW)Led by Croatian3%61
- WallerawangLed by Cantonese2%47
- CaperteeLed by Arabic2%8
- Little HartleyLed by Swedish2%14
- Morts EstateLed by Arabic2%11
- LittletonLed by Fijian2%15
- Oakey ParkLed by Thai2%5
- MarrangarooLed by Wiradjuri1%5
- Hampton (NSW)0%0
- Lidsdale0%0
- Clarence0%0
- Rydal0%0
- Cullen Bullen0%0
- Dargan0%0
- 26 suburbs in Lithgow. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
The headline 3.3% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 1,734 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 11.7%, while measuring only those who answered gives 3.6%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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