3.3% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burnie - Ulverstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Burnie - Ulverstone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.3% of people in Burnie - Ulverstone use a language other than English at home, though this figure rose 1.2 percentage points since 2011. It is one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region. The vast majority of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 91.6% of residents, while just 0.3% speak little or no English. These figures are far below the national average and well below the state figure for those using another language at home.
0.3% ▲ +42.5%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Burnie - Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60401/burnie-ulverstone/topic/language