21.0% ▲ +99.5%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7248, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7248, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A surge in linguistic diversity has seen the share of people using another language at home in postcode 7248 double since 2011. Now, 21% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure that is far above the Tasmanian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.8% of people, but 21% use another tongue, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes Mandarin, Punjabi, Vietnamese and Arabic, with 4.6% of the population speaking little or no English.
4.6% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 7248, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7248/7248-tas/topic/language