2.6% ▲ +52.1%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North East · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in North East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the lowest for its kind, North East has a very high proportion of people who speak only English at home. Just 2.6% of residents use another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 91.3% of people, and those who speak little or no English make up only 0.2% of the population. While the number of people using another language rose slightly since 2011, it remains well below the Tasmania average.
0.2% ▲ +44.1%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60203/north-east/topic/language