4.3% ▲ +156.3%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7178, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7178, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in postcode 7178 now speak a language other than English at home. While 4.3% of people used another language in 2021, this is a rise from just 1.7% in 2011. Despite this increase, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.1% of the population, and the 4.3% who speak another language is well below the Tasmanian figure. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is much lower than the national figure.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 7178, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7178/7178-tas/topic/language