4.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Douglas River · Suburb / Locality
Language in Douglas River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Douglas River compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.5% of residents use another language at home, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 83.6% of residents. This means Douglas River is well below the Tasmanian average for using another language, and no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
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.
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 Douglas River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60163/douglas-river/topic/language