2.6% ▲ +151.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Irishtown · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Irishtown (Tas.), where language patterns have stayed very stable since 2011. Only 2.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average.
English and the largest community languages.
About 92.8% of people speak only English at home, which is well below the Tasmanian average. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
2.6% ▲ +151.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Irishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60289/irishtown/topic/language