21.9% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clark (Nelson) · State Electorate
Language in Clark (Nelson)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over one in five people in Clark (Nelson) speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the Tasmanian figure and mirrors the national average. The number of people using other languages at home has risen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 74.5% of residents speak only English, 21.9% use another language, with Mandarin being the most common at 8.5%. Despite this diversity, the 1.9% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure.
1.9% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 (Nelson) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60310/clark/topic/language