Needles · Suburb / Locality

Language in Needles

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

English is the primary tongue for 84% of people in Needles. While the area has a slightly higher rate of people using other languages at home than most similar places, it remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.

6.0%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Needles, 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 Needles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60447/needles/topic/language