9.8% ▲ +308.9%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7019, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7019, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A significant jump in linguistic diversity has occurred in postcode 7019, where the share of people using a language other than English at home rose by 7.4 percentage points since 2011. While 9.8% of residents now use another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.2% of the area. While 9.8% of people use another language—a figure higher than most similar areas—only 1.2% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
1.2% ▲ +127.0%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 7019, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7019/7019-tas/topic/language