20.0% ▲ +162.7%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newnham - Mayfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Newnham - Mayfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 12 percentage points since 2011 shows that Newnham - Mayfield has become much more linguistically diverse. Now, one in five people use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Tasmanian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 74.1% of residents speak only English, 20% use another language at home, including Mandarin, Vietnamese and Punjabi. This trend is reflected in the 4.8% of people who speak little or no English, which is much higher than most other areas.
4.8% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Newnham - Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011041/newnham-mayfield/topic/language