4.7% ▲ +116.7%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Devonport · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Devonport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Devonport, where only 4.7% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the use of other languages rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011, 90.1% of residents still speak only English. Very few people struggle with English, with just 0.5% saying they speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average.
0.5% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60402/devonport/topic/language