11.4% ▲ +103.5%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hobart - South and West · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Hobart - South and West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 11.4% of people in Hobart - South and West use a language other than English at home, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While this is a little above the Tasmanian average, it remains far below the national level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 85.7% of residents, though the share of people using other languages rose by 5.8 points since 2011. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.5%, and only 1.1% of people speak little or no English.
1.1% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 - South and West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60104/hobart-south-and-west/topic/language