1.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7270, TAS · Postcode
Language in 7270, TAS
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by almost everyone in postcode 7270, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. Only 1.8% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 91.2% of people speak only English at home, and the proportion of those using other languages has barely changed since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.1% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.1% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 7270, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7270/7270-tas/topic/language