7.6% ▲ +57.7%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Launceston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in West Launceston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way people communicate in West Launceston, where 89.7% of residents speak only this language at home. While a small number of people use other languages, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This proportion has risen since 2011, though only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 West Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011051/west-launceston/topic/language