27.2% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sandy Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Sandy Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Sandy Bay now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Tasmania.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 27.2% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3% and far above the state average. While English is the main language for 69% of people, Mandarin is common here at 11.2%; meanwhile, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is slightly lower than the Australian average at 2.3%.
2.3% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Sandy Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051031/sandy-bay/topic/language