14.5% ▲ +120.3%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Launceston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Launceston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.1% of people in Launceston. While most residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has risen to 14.5%, which is well above the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 7.9 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the Tasmanian average, though well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 2.2%, while the share of people who speak little or no English fell to 1.2% since 2016.
1.2% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011038/launceston/topic/language