16.5% ▲ +88.2%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7004, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7004, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in postcode 7004 speak a language other than English, with the share of residents using another tongue at home rising by 7.7 percentage points since 2011. Now, 16.5% of the community uses a different language, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 78.9% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.2%. Despite the increase in diverse languages, those who speak little or no English remain a small group at 0.9%, which is about the same as the Tasmania figure.
0.9% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 7004, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7004/7004-tas/topic/language