SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Break O'Day

6,694 residents · 17+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.0%
600 people
Growth since last census
+90.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.67× Tasmania avg
0.33× national avg
Population
6,694
CALD residents
600
Languages spoken
17
Fastest-growing
+217%
Narrative

Why this matters

Break O'Day is home to 6,694 residents. 9.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 600 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Break O'Day into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Nepali19 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German19 · 0.3%
    216.7%
  3. 03
    French17 · 0.3%
    30.8%
  4. 04
    Spanish15 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch14 · 0.2%
    75.0%
  6. 06
    Auslan8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Tagalog7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Bengali6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Igbo5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Gujarati5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Thai5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.0%
Nepali
19 · 0.0%
German
19 · +216.7%
French
17 · +30.8%
Spanish
15 · 0.0%
Dutch
14 · +75.0%
Auslan
8 · 0.0%
Tagalog
7 · 0.0%
Filipino
7 · 0.0%
Bengali
6 · 0.0%
Igbo
5 · 0.0%
Gujarati
5 · 0.0%
Thai
5 · +66.7%
Cebuano
4 · 0.0%
Warlpiri
3 · 0.0%
Japanese
3 · -62.5%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali19 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German19 · 0.3%
    216.7%
  3. 03
    French17 · 0.3%
    30.8%
  4. 04
    Spanish15 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch14 · 0.2%
    75.0%
  6. 06
    Auslan8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Tagalog7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Filipino7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Bengali6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Igbo5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Gujarati5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Thai5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
German
+216.7%
19 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Dutch
+75.0%
14 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+66.7%
5 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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