3.3% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richmond · Urban Centre
Language in Richmond
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost no change has been seen in the languages spoken in Richmond (L) (Tas.) since 2011. English is the dominant language here, with only 3.3% of people using another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 89.4% of the community, which is well below the Tasmania average for other languages. Only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the state average and well below the national rate of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621022/richmond/topic/language