2.2% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Penguin · Urban Centre
Language in Penguin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 93.8% of people in Penguin. This is a very linguistically uniform area where only 2.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 2.2% since 2011, though this remains well below the Tasmanian figure. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English.
0.3% ▲ +77.2%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/language