5.9% ▲ +386.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sorell · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sorell
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Sorell are using a language other than English at home compared to similar areas. While 89.4% of the population speaks only English, about 5.9% use another language, though this remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Tasmania figure. Apart from English, the most common languages spoken here are Punjabi, Mandarin, Arabic and Tagalog.
0.4% ▲ +223.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60609/sorell/topic/language