10.4% ▲ +64.5%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7053, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7053, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking a language other than English at home in postcode 7053, which rose by 4.1 percentage points since 2011. Now, 10.4% of residents use another language, a figure that is a little above the Tasmanian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 10.4% of people use a language other than English—with Mandarin being the most common at 2.7%—this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, as the 0.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state average.
0.7% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 7053, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7053/7053-tas/topic/language