17.6% ▲ +130.8%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingston - Huntingfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kingston - Huntingfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rapid increase in linguistic diversity marks Kingston - Huntingfield, where the share of people using another language at home rose by 9.9 percentage points since 2011. Now, 17.6% of residents speak a language other than English, which is well above the Tasmanian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 7.1%, helping drive the area's diverse profile. While this is higher than most similar areas, only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.0% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Kingston - Huntingfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601041022/kingston-huntingfield/topic/language