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Smithton · Suburb / Locality

Language in Smithton

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Smithton, where very few residents use another language at home. Only 4.6% of the population speaks a language other than English, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%.

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📍 Smithton, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most people here speak only English, making up 87.3% of the community. Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.6% ▲ +251.1%

Higher than 58% 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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0.4% ▼ -40.0%

Higher than 66% 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 Smithton, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 87.3% Mandarin 0.7% Punjabi 0.3% Hindi 0.1% Italian 0.1%

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 Smithton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60606/smithton/topic/language