Dodges Ferry - Lewisham · Urban Centre

Language in Dodges Ferry - Lewisham

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

English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Dodges Ferry - Lewisham. Only 2.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken exclusively by 90.8% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English (0.1%), a figure that is about the same as the Tasmanian average and barely changed since 2016.

2.6% ▲ +113.9%

Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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

0.1% ▼ -39.8%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham, English only is the majority at 100%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL614001/dodges-ferry-lewisham/topic/language