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Language in Longford

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

English is the overwhelming primary language in Longford, where only 2.8% of people speak another tongue at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, with nearly 92% of residents speaking only English.

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📍 Longford, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people here use a language other than English, a figure well below the Tasmania and Australia averages. Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is much lower than the national figure.

People using another language at home

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2.8% ▲ +155.4%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▲ +9.9%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Longford, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 91.8% Mandarin 0.6% Punjabi 0.3% Cantonese 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Italian 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60350/longford/topic/language