Zeehan · Suburb / Locality

Language in Zeehan

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

English is the dominant language in Zeehan, where 85.9% of people speak only English at home. Only 4.4% of residents use another language, a figure that is far below the national average.

Open map →
📍 Zeehan, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people in Zeehan use a language other than English, at 4.4%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 8.7%. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than most similar areas.

4.4% ▲ +436.3%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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

0.4% ▲ —

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

Language used at home

View on map →

In Zeehan, 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).

More for Zeehan

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Zeehan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60776/zeehan/topic/language