3.4% ▲ +84.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ravenswood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.4% of people in Ravenswood use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. English is the primary language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.7% of residents, and the 3.4% who use another language is well below the Tasmanian average. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state figure.
0.4% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60538/ravenswood/topic/language