14.0% ▲ +73.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Hobart
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of West Hobart residents speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Tasmania. While 14.0% of people use another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents still speak only English, but the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.0% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common at 2.8%. Despite this diversity, very few people—just 0.8%—speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure.
0.8% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 West Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60732/west-hobart/topic/language