Ulverstone · Urban Centre

Language in Ulverstone

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

Language use in Ulverstone has remained remarkably steady since 2011, with only 2.7% of people speaking another language at home. This figure is far below the national average and shows the area is much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Ulverstone, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the sole language for 91.8% of the population, which helps explain why the 0.2% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure. This low level of non-English use has barely changed over the last decade.

2.7% ▲ +4.6%

Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

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

0.2% ▼ -22.5%

Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL613001/ulverstone/topic/language