Pontville · Suburb / Locality

Language in Pontville

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

English remains the dominant language in Pontville, with barely any change in linguistic diversity over the last decade. The area is far less multilingual than the rest of the country, with 97.3% of people speaking only English at home.

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📍 Pontville, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Just 1.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 8.7% and far below the national average. Despite this, the 0.0% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state average.

1.5% ▲ +57.6%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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 Pontville, 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 Pontville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60511/pontville/topic/language