Largs · Suburb / Locality

Language in Largs

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 2.2% of people in Largs use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other places.

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📍 Largs, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 95.1% of residents, which is far below the New South Wales average of 26.6% for other languages. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is still well below the national figure of 3.4%.

2.2% ▲ +111.3%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▲ +130.7%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.4%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Largs, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 0%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Largs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12287/largs/topic/language