28.0% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7005, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7005, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in postcode 7005 use a language other than English at home, making it a linguistically diverse area. This diversity is much higher than in most other parts of the state, with 28% of residents speaking a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 11.7%, followed by Cantonese and Greek. While 2.3% of people speak little or no English—a figure a little above the Tasmanian average—this has fallen slightly since 2016.
2.3% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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 7005, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7005/7005-tas/topic/language