16.6% ▲ +153.0%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hobart - North West · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Hobart - North West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Hobart - North West use languages other than English at home, which has risen 10 points since 2011. While 16.6% of residents now speak another language, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%. Punjabi, Mandarin, Hindi and Vietnamese are the most common non-English languages, and 2.0% of residents speak little or no English.
2.0% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Hobart - North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60103/hobart-north-west/topic/language