Lucknow · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lucknow

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

Only 4.4% of people in Lucknow use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Lucknow, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant tongue for 87.4% of residents. While very few people speak little or no English (0.2%), this is actually higher than in most similar areas.

4.4% ▲ +50.5%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.2% ▼ -47.7%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

Language used at home

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In Lucknow, English only is the majority at 98%; Cantonese 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 Lucknow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21551/lucknow/topic/language