2.7% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7268, TAS · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people have spoken a language other than English at home in postcode 7268 since 2011. This is now a very linguistically uniform area, with English being the primary language for the vast majority of residents.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.7% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This has fallen 0.9 percentage points since 2011, and 88.6% of the population speaks only English.
2.7% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 57% 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 7268, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7268/7268-tas/topic/language