3.8% ▲ +114.9%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sorell · Council (LGA)
Language in Sorell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Sorell now speak a language other than English at home, which rose to 3.8% in 2021. Despite this increase, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia, with the vast majority of people using only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 90.4% of people, and the 3.8% who use another language is well below the Tasmanian figure. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.3%, which is well below the national average.
0.3% ▲ +43.6%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64810/sorell/topic/language