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Preston · Suburb / Locality

Language in Preston

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

A massive 22 percentage point gap separates Preston from the national average in language diversity. Almost everyone here speaks only English at home, making the area far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Preston, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used at home for 87.9% of residents. No one here speaks another language at home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%.

People using another language at home

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Preston, English only is the majority at 100%.

English only 87.9%

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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60521/preston/topic/language