25.7% ▲ +173.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenorchy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Glenorchy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Glenorchy speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. About 25.7% of residents use another language, a figure that has risen sharply by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A quarter of the community speaks a language other than English, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%. While English is used by 68.5% of residents, other common languages include Punjabi, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Hindi, though the 3.2% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
3.2% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601031017/glenorchy/topic/language