2.3% ▲ —
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Opossum Bay · Urban Centre
Language in Opossum Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2.3% of people in Opossum Bay use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia and Tasmania. While this figure is very low, it has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 94.0% of residents. Very few people speak a language other than English, and there are no residents who speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622019/opossum-bay/topic/language