SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Burnie

19,734 residents · 46+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.9%
1,752 people
Growth since last census
+150.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.68× Tasmania avg
0.33× national avg
Population
19,734
CALD residents
1,752
Languages spoken
46
Fastest-growing
+390%
Narrative

Why this matters

Burnie is home to 19,734 residents. 8.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,752 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Burnie 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
    Mandarin76 · 0.4%
    90.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali67 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Arabic51 · 0.3%
    200.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi51 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese49 · 0.2%
    390.0%
  6. 06
    Hindi37 · 0.2%
    117.6%
  1. 01
    Afrikaans32 · 0.2%
    255.6%
  2. 02
    Malayalam29 · 0.1%
    262.5%
  3. 03
    Cantonese26 · 0.1%
    271.4%
  4. 04
    Spanish24 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  5. 05
    Tamil23 · 0.1%
    53.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.9%
Mandarin
76 · +90.0%
Nepali
67 · 0.0%
Arabic
51 · +200.0%
Punjabi
51 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
49 · +390.0%
Hindi
37 · +117.6%
Afrikaans
32 · +255.6%
Malayalam
29 · +262.5%
Cantonese
26 · +271.4%
Spanish
24 · +20.0%
Tamil
23 · +53.3%
Tagalog
20 · +233.3%
Filipino
19 · +35.7%
Vietnamese
17 · +240.0%
Urdu
16 · +33.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin76 · 0.4%
    90.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali67 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Arabic51 · 0.3%
    200.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi51 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese49 · 0.2%
    390.0%
  6. 06
    Hindi37 · 0.2%
    117.6%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans32 · 0.2%
    255.6%
  8. 08
    Malayalam29 · 0.1%
    262.5%
  9. 09
    Cantonese26 · 0.1%
    271.4%
  10. 10
    Spanish24 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  11. 11
    Tamil23 · 0.1%
    53.3%
  12. 12
    Tagalog20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Sinhalese
+390.0%
49 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Cantonese
+271.4%
26 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+262.5%
29 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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