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We are Central Coast (Tas.)

We are Central Coast (Tas.).

Home to one of the larger Mandarin-speaking communities in Tasmania, and 35 other language communities besides.

Our population
22,995
Speak another language
1,619
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+238.2%
36 languages are spoken at home in Central Coast (Tas.). Mandarin leads (62 speakers), with Dutch close behind (53). 7 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak Mandarin at home
62
Our largest community language, Mandarin, is spoken by 0.3% of Central Coast (Tas.) residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
62 speakers

62 speakers, 0.3% of Central Coast (Tas.). +933% since 2021.

Dutch
53 speakers

53 speakers, 0.2% of Central Coast (Tas.). -2% since 2021.

Nepali
28 speakers

28 speakers, 0.1% of Central Coast (Tas.).

The languages of Central Coast (Tas.)

36 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

Mandarin
62 · +933.3%
Dutch
53 · -1.9%
Nepali
28 · 0.0%
German
22 · -24.1%
French
21 · +133.3%
Afrikaans
16 · +220.0%
Thai
16 · +33.3%
Punjabi
15 · +275.0%
Sinhalese
14 · +180.0%
Filipino
13 · 0.0%
Cantonese
13 · +85.7%
Auslan
12 · +71.4%
Tongan
12 · +100.0%
Japanese
9 · -10.0%
Vietnamese
9 · +125.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Mandarin62 · 0.3%
    933.3%
  2. 02
    Dutch53 · 0.2%
    1.9%
  3. 03
    Nepali28 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    German22 · 0.1%
    24.1%
  5. 05
    French21 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans16 · 0.1%
    220.0%
  7. 07
    Thai16 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  8. 08
    Punjabi15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese14 · 0.1%
    180.0%
  10. 10
    Filipino13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Cantonese13 · 0.1%
    85.7%
  12. 12
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    71.4%
Fastest-growing among us
Mandarin
+933.3% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

Our suburbs
Where we are
In context
Central Coast (Tas.)
7.0%
Tasmania
13.3%
Australia
27.3%

7.0% of Central Coast (Tas.) residents speak a language other than English at home, against 13.3% for Tasmania and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.