3.8% ▲ +137.3%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
7304, TAS · Postcode
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in postcode 7304 compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other Australian regions.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 90.3% of residents, with a small number of people speaking Tagalog, Mandarin, or Vietnamese. While the use of other languages rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011, only 0.2% of people speak little or no English.
3.8% ▲ +137.3%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.2% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 64% 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 7304, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7304/7304-tas/topic/language