9.4% ▲ +66.4%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Riverside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 9.4% of people in Riverside speak a language other than English at home. This is about the same as the Tasmanian average, though it is far below the national figure. While English remains the primary language, the proportion of people using other languages has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.1% of residents, while Mandarin, Punjabi, Cantonese and Vietnamese are the most common other languages. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.9%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.9% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011046/riverside/topic/language