SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

George Town

7,061 residents · 19+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.8%
551 people
Growth since last census
+40.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.59× Tasmania avg
0.29× national avg
Population
7,061
CALD residents
551
Languages spoken
19
Fastest-growing
+150%
Narrative

Why this matters

George Town is home to 7,061 residents. 7.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 551 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for George Town 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
    Nepali26 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German12 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Hindi10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  4. 04
    Italian9 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Mandarin7 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  1. 01
    Afrikaans6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Indonesian6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Bulgarian5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Igbo4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  5. 05
    Telugu4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Urdu4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.8%
Nepali
26 · 0.0%
German
12 · +50.0%
Hindi
10 · +150.0%
Italian
9 · -10.0%
Spanish
8 · 0.0%
Mandarin
7 · +16.7%
Afrikaans
6 · +100.0%
Indonesian
6 · 0.0%
Bulgarian
5 · 0.0%
Igbo
4 · +33.3%
Telugu
4 · 0.0%
Urdu
4 · 0.0%
Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described
3 · 0.0%
Arabic
3 · -40.0%
Khmer
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali26 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German12 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Hindi10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  4. 04
    Italian9 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Mandarin7 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  8. 08
    Indonesian6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Bulgarian5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Igbo4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  11. 11
    Telugu4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Urdu4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Hindi
+150.0%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Afrikaans
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
German
+50.0%
12 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for George Town.

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