6.2% ▲ +152.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Language in Devonport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 89.3% of residents in Devonport. While more people here speak a second language than in most similar areas, this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.2% of people use another language at home, which is a little below the Tasmanian average. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60156/devonport/topic/language