3.2% —
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle of similar areas for language diversity, the Remainder of State/Territory (Tas.) is an area where English is overwhelmingly the main language spoken. Only 3.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 90.7% of residents. This means the proportion of people using other languages is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the Australian figure, with very few people speaking little or no English.
3.2% —
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% —
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL631001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language