30.0% ▲ +97.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Moonah · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Moonah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one third of people in West Moonah use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This cultural mix is far more common here than across Tasmania, where the state average is only 8.7%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30% of residents speak a language other than English, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the main tongue for 65.7% of people, others speak Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi or Greek, and 3.8% speak little or no English.
3.8% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Moonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60736/west-moonah/topic/language