3.7% ▲ +56.3%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South East · Region (SA4)
Language in South East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small rise in the use of non-English languages has occurred in South East since 2011, though the area remains very linguistically uniform. Only 3.7% of people now use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.2% of residents, and the 3.7% who speak another language is well below the Tasmanian average. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.2% speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.2% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/603/south-east/topic/language