18.3% ▲ +110.9%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clark (Hobart) · State Electorate
Language in Clark (Hobart)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents in Clark (Hobart) now speak a language other than English at home, with the figure rising by 9.6 percentage points since 2011. This shift has pushed the area well above the state average for linguistic diversity. Currently, 18.3% of the population uses a second language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 77.1% of people speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 4.5%. The number of people who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure at 1.4%, and this has fallen since 2016.
1.4% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
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 Clark (Hobart) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60303/clark/topic/language