11.9% ▲ +435.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rokeby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rokeby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more linguistic diversity than most similar areas defines Rokeby, where nearly 12% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is well above the Tasmanian average, it remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.6% of residents, though Punjabi and Mandarin are the most common others. Around 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▲ +240.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Rokeby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60564/rokeby/topic/language