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Language in Burnie

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

About 12% of people in Burnie use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This makes the town slightly more linguistically diverse than the Tasmanian average, though it remains far less diverse than the national figure.

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📍 Burnie, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 82.8% of residents speak only English, those who use another language at home include speakers of Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Punjabi. Very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state average.

People using another language at home

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11.7% ▲ +73.1%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▼ -14.0%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Burnie, English only is the majority at 92%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 82.8% Mandarin 1.9% Vietnamese 1.7% Hindi 1.4% Punjabi 1.3% Cantonese 0.7%

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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60084/burnie/topic/language