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Language in Snug

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

English is the dominant language in Snug, where only 4.4% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and well below the Tasmanian average. The area is very linguistically uniform compared to most of the country.

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📍 Snug, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 92% of residents speak only English. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas, this is still well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.4% ▼ -7.2%

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% ▼ -16.7%

Higher than 67% 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 Snug, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 92.0% Mandarin 0.7% Cantonese 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 Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60607/snug/topic/language