Lyndhurst
Language used at home
In Lyndhurst, 58.6056 of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Lyndhurst's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Lyndhurst's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Lyndhurst - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Cranbourne North % | Number | % | Cranbourne North % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 3,279 | 36.8 | 49.3 | 36500 | 2,733 | 55.8 | 70.5 | +546 |
 Non-English total | 5,220 | 58.6 | 45.8 | 36501 | 2,027 | 41.4 | 25.3 | +3,193 |
| Not stated | 408 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 36502 | 141 | 2.9 | 4.2 | +267 |
| Total Population | 8,907 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,901 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,006 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Lyndhurst - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Cranbourne North % | Number | % | Cranbourne North % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Punjabi | 930 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 36088 | 95 | 1.9 | 1.1 | +835 |
| Sinhalese | 418 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 36033 | 241 | 4.9 | 2.1 | +177 |
| Hindi | 344 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 36016 | 122 | 2.5 | 1.2 | +222 |
| Malayalam | 309 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 36077 | 20 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +289 |
| Hazaraghi
| 265 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 36114 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.8 | +254 |
| Tamil | 240 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 36035 | 105 | 2.1 | 0.7 | +135 |
| Mandarin | 224 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 36007 | 90 | 1.8 | 1.0 | +134 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 217 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 36011 | 162 | 3.3 | 1.7 | +55 |
| Khmer | 166 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 36024 | 55 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +111 |
| Telugu | 151 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 36099 | 27 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +124 |
| Turkish | 127 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 36036 | 81 | 1.7 | 0.2 | +46 |
| Arabic | 114 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 36004 | 62 | 1.3 | 0.7 | +52 |
| Gujarati | 113 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 36064 | 41 | 0.8 | 0.1 | +72 |
| Vietnamese | 110 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 36037 | 69 | 1.4 | 0.2 | +41 |
| Greek | 103 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 36015 | 63 | 1.3 | 0.5 | +40 |
| Urdu | 100 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 36108 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +77 |
| Dari | 96 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 36113 | 16 | 0.3 | 1.4 | +80 |
| Bengali | 89 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 36050 | 20 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +69 |
| Nepali | 87 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 36081 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +80 |
| Spanish | 78 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 36034 | 62 | 1.3 | 1.4 | +16 |
| Kannada | 72 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 36071 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +59 |
| Cantonese | 67 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 36006 | 46 | 0.9 | 0.2 | +21 |
| French | 61 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 36013 | 76 | 1.6 | 0.9 | -15 |
| Albanian | 60 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 36045 | 20 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +40 |
| Samoan | 56 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 36031 | 21 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +35 |
| Marathi | 40 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36080 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +40 |
| Indonesian | 39 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 36018 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +22 |
| Persian | 36 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 36019 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +32 |
| Hakka | 27 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36065 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Russian | 25 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36030 | 33 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -8 |
| Thai | 24 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 36102 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +13 |
| Romanian | 22 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36089 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +14 |
| Polish | 21 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36028 | 21 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Lao | 21 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36074 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Italian | 19 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 36022 | 37 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -18 |
| Portuguese | 19 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36029 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +4 |
| Afrikaans | 19 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36044 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Serbian | 16 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 36032 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -10 |
| Bosnian | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36051 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -3 |
| German | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36014 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Māori (New Zealand) | 15 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36079 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Shona | 14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36091 | 19 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -5 |
| Malay | 14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36076 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Japanese | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36023 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Min Nan (incl.Hokkien) | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36068 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Fijian Hindustani | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36002 | 3 | 0.1 | -- | +7 |
| Korean | 10 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 36025 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +6 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Lyndhurst in 2021 compared to Cranbourne North shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 36.8% of the population used English only, and 58.6 used a non-English language, compared with 49.3% and 45.8% respectively for Cranbourne North.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Lyndhurst was Punjabi, with 10.4% of the population, or 930 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Lyndhurst and Cranbourne North in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Punjabi at home (10.4% compared to 5.2%)
- A larger percentage using Hindi at home (3.9% compared to 2.1%)
- A smaller percentage using Dari at home (1.1% compared to 2.9%)
- A smaller percentage using Hazaraghi at home (3.0% compared to 4.4%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 3,193 or 157.5%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 546 or 20.0%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Lyndhurst between 2011 and 2021 were for those using:
- Punjabi (+835 persons)
- Malayalam (+289 persons)
- Hazaraghi (+254 persons)
- Hindi (+222 persons)