SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Devonport

25,674 residents · 39+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.1%
2,335 people
Growth since last census
+243.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.70× Tasmania avg
0.34× national avg
Population
25,674
CALD residents
2,335
Languages spoken
39
Fastest-growing
+1167%
Narrative

Why this matters

Devonport is home to 25,674 residents. 9.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,335 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Devonport 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
    Mandarin189 · 0.7%
    89.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali182 · 0.7%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi76 · 0.3%
    1166.7%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese75 · 0.3%
    581.8%
  5. 05
    Hindi72 · 0.3%
    148.3%
  6. 06
    Tongan63 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Sinhalese58 · 0.2%
    52.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog41 · 0.2%
    51.9%
  3. 03
    Spanish40 · 0.2%
    5.3%
  4. 04
    Urdu38 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese36 · 0.1%
    89.5%
  6. 06
    Greek28 · 0.1%
    100.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.1%
Mandarin
189 · +89.0%
Nepali
182 · 0.0%
Punjabi
76 · +1166.7%
Vietnamese
75 · +581.8%
Hindi
72 · +148.3%
Tongan
63 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
58 · +52.6%
Tagalog
41 · +51.9%
Spanish
40 · +5.3%
Urdu
38 · 0.0%
Cantonese
36 · +89.5%
Greek
28 · +100.0%
Filipino
24 · +300.0%
Thai
22 · +175.0%
German
20 · +42.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin189 · 0.7%
    89.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali182 · 0.7%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi76 · 0.3%
    1166.7%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese75 · 0.3%
    581.8%
  5. 05
    Hindi72 · 0.3%
    148.3%
  6. 06
    Tongan63 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese58 · 0.2%
    52.6%
  8. 08
    Tagalog41 · 0.2%
    51.9%
  9. 09
    Spanish40 · 0.2%
    5.3%
  10. 10
    Urdu38 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Cantonese36 · 0.1%
    89.5%
  12. 12
    Greek28 · 0.1%
    100.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+1166.7%
76 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Vietnamese
+581.8%
75 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+300.0%
24 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Devonport.

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