5.5% —
Lower than 99% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rest of Tas. · Capital City
Language in Rest of Tas.
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.5% of people in Rest of Tas. use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country, though the number of people speaking other languages has risen since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken in 88.9% of homes. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 87% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Rest of Tas. [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/6RTAS/rest-of-tas/topic/language