Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality

Language in Boat Harbour

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the sole primary language for 94.7% of people in Boat Harbour. This high level of English use means the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Boat Harbour, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Just 2.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the Australian average. Despite this, the area is higher than most similar places for the 0.0% of people who speak little or no English.

2.4%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Boat Harbour, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60058/boat-harbour/topic/language