8.5% ▲ +83.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newstead · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newstead
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 86.8% of people in Newstead, making it the dominant language of the area. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the overall diversity remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure. This is higher than in most similar areas, though only 0.7% of people speak little or no English.
0.7% ▼ -53.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60453/newstead/topic/language