Lower Snug · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lower Snug

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 93.7% of people in Lower Snug. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, with very few residents using another language at home.

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📍 Lower Snug, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 0% of the population speaks little or no English, a result that is about the same as the Tasmanian average.

2.0% ▼ -58.3%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Lower Snug, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Lower Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60362/lower-snug/topic/language