SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Derwent Valley

11,295 residents · 24+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.9%
896 people
Growth since last census
+112.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.60× Tasmania avg
0.29× national avg
Population
11,295
CALD residents
896
Languages spoken
24
Fastest-growing
+450%
Narrative

Why this matters

Derwent Valley is home to 11,295 residents. 7.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 896 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Derwent Valley 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
    French22 · 0.2%
    450.0%
  2. 02
    Polish18 · 0.2%
    18.2%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin14 · 0.1%
    75.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    German9 · 0.1%
    12.5%
  2. 02
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    38.5%
  3. 03
    Punjabi8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Dutch7 · 0.1%
    22.2%
  5. 05
    Portuguese6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Telugu5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.9%
French
22 · +450.0%
Polish
18 · -18.2%
Sinhalese
15 · 0.0%
Mandarin
14 · +75.0%
Spanish
10 · +150.0%
Tagalog
9 · 0.0%
German
9 · +12.5%
Arabic
8 · -38.5%
Punjabi
8 · 0.0%
Dutch
7 · -22.2%
Portuguese
6 · 0.0%
Telugu
5 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
5 · 0.0%
Cantonese
5 · -44.4%
Malayalam
4 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    French22 · 0.2%
    450.0%
  2. 02
    Polish18 · 0.2%
    18.2%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin14 · 0.1%
    75.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    German9 · 0.1%
    12.5%
  8. 08
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    38.5%
  9. 09
    Punjabi8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Dutch7 · 0.1%
    22.2%
  11. 11
    Portuguese6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Telugu5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
French
+450.0%
22 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Spanish
+150.0%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Mandarin
+75.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Derwent Valley.

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