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Shearwater · Suburb / Locality

Language in Shearwater

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

English is used in 93.5% of homes in Shearwater, making it a very linguistically uniform area. The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure.

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📍 Shearwater, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Tasmanian average. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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2.6% ▲ +116.6%

Lower than 57% 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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0.3% ▲ —

Higher than 64% 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 Shearwater, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 93.5% Mandarin 0.3%

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 Shearwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60598/shearwater/topic/language