Longueville · Suburb / Locality

Language in Longueville

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

English is the primary language for 83.1% of people in Longueville. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher rate of people using other languages at home than most similar suburbs, though this remains well below the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 15.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but far below the New South Wales rate of 26.6%. Only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the state average.

15.2% ▲ +38.4%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 15.2%

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

1.2% ▲ +10.6%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

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 Longueville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12394/longueville/topic/language