York Town · Suburb / Locality

Language in York Town

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

English is the primary way people communicate in York Town, where 87.2% of residents speak only this language. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, it remains far less common than across the rest of Australia.

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📍 York Town, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 7.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a result well below the national average.

7.7% ▲ +70.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 7.7%

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 York Town, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 York Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60774/york-town/topic/language