1.8% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lachlan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lachlan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Lachlan compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.8% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 91.2% of the area. While no one in Lachlan reported speaking little or no English, the overall percentage of people using another language at home is lower than in most other areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60310/lachlan/topic/language