19.2% ▲ +934.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Goodwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Goodwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A shift toward greater diversity has seen more people using languages other than English in Goodwood. Nearly one in five residents now speaks another language at home, a figure that is far above the Tasmanian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.2% of people here use a language other than English, which is much higher than most similar areas. While English is the main language for 73.8%, others include Punjabi, Mandarin, and Hindi; however, only 2.5% of residents speak little or no English.
2.5% ▲ +166.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Goodwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60238/goodwood/topic/language