10.8% ▲ +95.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Launceston · Council (LGA)
Language in Launceston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Launceston speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While English remains dominant for 84.1% of residents, the city's linguistic diversity has grown significantly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.8% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 5.3 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the Tasmanian average. This is much higher than most similar areas, though 1.7% of residents still speak little or no English.
1.7% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64010/launceston/topic/language