2.5% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Railton · Urban Centre
Language in Railton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people in Railton (L) have used a language other than English at home since 2011. This is a very uniform area where 89.6% of residents speak only English, a figure far below the national average for linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.5% of people use another language at home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the Australian average. While very few people speak little or no English at 0.6%, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.
0.6% ▼ -63.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Railton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621020/railton/topic/language