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Derwent Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Derwent Park

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

Almost a quarter of residents in Derwent Park use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Tasmanian average. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state.

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📍 Derwent Park, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 23.5% of people here speak another language at home, and 2.8% speak little or no English. While English is most common at 68.2%, there are notable numbers of people who speak Vietnamese, Punjabi and Mandarin.

People using another language at home

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23.5% ▲ +305.5%

Higher than 88% 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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2.8% ▲ +64.4%

Higher than 87% 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 Derwent Park, English only is the majority at 87%; Vietnamese is next at 4%.

English only 68.2% Vietnamese 3.4% Punjabi 3.0% Mandarin 2.3% Hindi 0.9% Greek 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 Derwent Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60152/derwent-park/topic/language