2.9% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Sorell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Port Sorell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Port Sorell, where only 2.9% of people use another tongue at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average. Most residents share a common language, with very few needing translation services for daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 92.4% of people speak only English, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures for language diversity. While 0.1% of the population speaks little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
0.1% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60516/port-sorell/topic/language