3.3% ▲ +138.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rocherlea · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rocherlea
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.4% of people in Rocherlea. This high level of English use means the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%. While the area is generally English-speaking, 0.7% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas.
0.7% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Rocherlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60559/rocherlea/topic/language