5.2% ▲ +465.4%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7117, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7117, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for daily life in postcode 7117, where 88.2% of people speak only this language. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average, the number of people using a language other than English at home has risen to 5.2%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose 4.3 points since 2011, though it remains well below the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%. Very few people struggle with the language, as only 0.7% speak little or no English.
0.7% ▼ -57.3%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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 7117, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7117/7117-tas/topic/language