7.1% ▲ +84.8%
Lower than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Launceston and North East · Region (SA4)
Language in Launceston and North East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Launceston and North East, where 87.8% of people speak only English at home. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average, the proportion of people using another language at home has nearly doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is consistent with the fact that very few people, just 1.0%, speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Launceston and North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/602/launceston-and-north-east/topic/language