4.2% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cressy · Urban Centre
Language in Cressy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as similar areas, Cressy is a place where English is the dominant language. Only 4.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.7% of residents. This is well below the Tasmanian average for other languages, and the 4.2% who do use a different language is a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
0.4% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621008/cressy/topic/language