9.4% ▲ +175.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Punchbowl · Suburb / Locality
Language in Punchbowl
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher rates of non-English speaking homes than most similar areas mark Punchbowl. While 9.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.4% of people, though Mandarin and Arabic are also spoken. Only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
1.6% ▲ +151.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Punchbowl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60526/punchbowl/topic/language