6.5% ▲ +221.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Arthur · Suburb / Locality
Language in Port Arthur
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Port Arthur than in most similar areas. While this is higher than nearby places, only 6.5% of the population speaks 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 primary language for 84.2% of residents. Despite the presence of other languages, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
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.
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 Port Arthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60513/port-arthur/topic/language