11.2% ▲ +134.8%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7018, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7018, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in ten people in postcode 7018 use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While it is far below the national figure, the number of people speaking other languages has risen sharply by 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.9% of residents, though Mandarin (2.1%) and Punjabi (0.9%) are also spoken. Despite the growth in diversity, the 1.0% of people who speak little or no English is just about the same as the Tasmania figure.
1.0% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 7018, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7018/7018-tas/topic/language