6.3% ▲ —
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7257, TAS · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growth in linguistic variety has seen the share of people using another language at home in postcode 7257 rise by 6.3 percentage points since 2011. While 6.3% of residents now speak a language other than English, this remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.4% of the area. Despite the rise in other languages, no one in the community speaks little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
6.3% ▲ —
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 7257, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7257/7257-tas/topic/language