18.0% ▲ +105.6%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7007, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7007, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in postcode 7007 use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas and represents a significant increase from previous years. While English remains the most common tongue, the area is becoming more linguistically diverse.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that rose 9.2 percentage points since 2011. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 6.6%, while a small number of people—about 1.6%—speak little or no English.
1.6% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 7007, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7007/7007-tas/topic/language