SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Central Coast (Tas.)

22,995 residents · 36+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.0%
1,619 people
Growth since last census
+238.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.53× Tasmania avg
0.26× national avg
Population
22,995
CALD residents
1,619
Languages spoken
36
Fastest-growing
+933%
Narrative

Why this matters

Central Coast (Tas.) is home to 22,995 residents. 7.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,619 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Central Coast (Tas.) 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
    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%
  1. 01
    Thai16 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  2. 02
    Punjabi15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese14 · 0.1%
    180.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese13 · 0.1%
    85.7%
  6. 06
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    71.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 93%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 93.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.0%
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%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  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%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+933.3%
62 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+275.0%
15 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Afrikaans
+220.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Central Coast (Tas.).

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.