19.8% ▲ +101.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7008, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7008, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 76.6% of people in postcode 7008. However, the area has become much more linguistically diverse, with the share of people using another language at home climbing 10 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.8%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly one in five residents speaks a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Tasmanian average. While English is dominant, the most common other languages are Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi, and Greek, and 2.0% of people speak little or no English.
2.0% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 7008, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7008/7008-tas/topic/language