18.8% ▲ +155.0%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenorchy · Council (LGA)
Language in Glenorchy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than double the proportion of residents in Glenorchy spoke a language other than English at home in 2021 compared to 2011. This shift sees 18.8% of the population using another language, a figure that is far above the Tasmanian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 76.2% speak only English, Punjabi and Mandarin are the next most common languages. About 2.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the state figure.
2.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA62610/glenorchy/topic/language