2.2% ▲ +34.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Penguin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Penguin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Penguin speaks English at home, creating a very linguistically uniform community. Only 2.2% of residents use a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 93.4% of residents. While the proportion of people using another language is well below the Tasmanian average, 0.3% of the population speaks little or no English, which is slightly higher than in most similar areas.
0.3% ▲ +117.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60501/penguin/topic/language