SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Brighton

18,913 residents · 36+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.4%
1,591 people
Growth since last census
+315.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.64× Tasmania avg
0.31× national avg
Population
18,913
CALD residents
1,591
Languages spoken
36
Fastest-growing
+975%
Narrative

Why this matters

Brighton is home to 18,913 residents. 8.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,591 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Brighton 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
    Urdu43 · 0.2%
    975.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin41 · 0.2%
    41.4%
  3. 03
    Punjabi34 · 0.2%
    385.7%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese28 · 0.1%
    833.3%
  5. 05
    Spanish25 · 0.1%
    525.0%
  6. 06
    Nepali22 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Greek22 · 0.1%
    4.8%
  2. 02
    Polish22 · 0.1%
    69.2%
  3. 03
    Indonesian21 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese20 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Arabic20 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Italian18 · 0.1%
    55.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.4%
Urdu
43 · +975.0%
Mandarin
41 · +41.4%
Punjabi
34 · +385.7%
Vietnamese
28 · +833.3%
Spanish
25 · +525.0%
Nepali
22 · 0.0%
Greek
22 · +4.8%
Polish
22 · +69.2%
Indonesian
21 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
20 · 0.0%
Arabic
20 · 0.0%
Italian
18 · -55.0%
German
17 · +6.3%
Bengali
15 · 0.0%
Telugu
14 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Urdu43 · 0.2%
    975.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin41 · 0.2%
    41.4%
  3. 03
    Punjabi34 · 0.2%
    385.7%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese28 · 0.1%
    833.3%
  5. 05
    Spanish25 · 0.1%
    525.0%
  6. 06
    Nepali22 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Greek22 · 0.1%
    4.8%
  8. 08
    Polish22 · 0.1%
    69.2%
  9. 09
    Indonesian21 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese20 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Arabic20 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Italian18 · 0.1%
    55.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Urdu
+975.0%
43 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Vietnamese
+833.3%
28 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Spanish
+525.0%
25 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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