Sulphur Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sulphur Creek

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

English remains the dominant language in Sulphur Creek, where only 2.8% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks only English, accounting for 93.2% of the population. While this is well below the Tasmanian average, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

2.8% ▲ +255.7%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Sulphur Creek, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 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 Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60652/sulphur-creek/topic/language