SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Huon Valley

18,074 residents · 36+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.7%
1,749 people
Growth since last census
+132.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.73× Tasmania avg
0.35× national avg
Population
18,074
CALD residents
1,749
Languages spoken
36
Fastest-growing
+680%
Narrative

Why this matters

Huon Valley is home to 18,074 residents. 9.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,749 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Huon 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
    German85 · 0.5%
    33.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin44 · 0.2%
    15.8%
  3. 03
    Spanish40 · 0.2%
    90.5%
  4. 04
    Nepali39 · 0.2%
    680.0%
  5. 05
    Japanese34 · 0.2%
    78.9%
  6. 06
    French33 · 0.2%
    2.9%
  1. 01
    Dutch25 · 0.1%
    38.9%
  2. 02
    Polish24 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  3. 03
    Greek21 · 0.1%
    320.0%
  4. 04
    Italian20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  5. 05
    Portuguese15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  6. 06
    Cantonese15 · 0.1%
    114.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.7%
German
85 · -33.6%
Mandarin
44 · +15.8%
Spanish
40 · +90.5%
Nepali
39 · +680.0%
Japanese
34 · +78.9%
French
33 · -2.9%
Dutch
25 · +38.9%
Polish
24 · +300.0%
Greek
21 · +320.0%
Italian
20 · +233.3%
Portuguese
15 · +275.0%
Cantonese
15 · +114.3%
Russian
13 · +18.2%
Vietnamese
13 · +160.0%
Tagalog
12 · +300.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German85 · 0.5%
    33.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin44 · 0.2%
    15.8%
  3. 03
    Spanish40 · 0.2%
    90.5%
  4. 04
    Nepali39 · 0.2%
    680.0%
  5. 05
    Japanese34 · 0.2%
    78.9%
  6. 06
    French33 · 0.2%
    2.9%
  7. 07
    Dutch25 · 0.1%
    38.9%
  8. 08
    Polish24 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  9. 09
    Greek21 · 0.1%
    320.0%
  10. 10
    Italian20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  11. 11
    Portuguese15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  12. 12
    Cantonese15 · 0.1%
    114.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+680.0%
39 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Greek
+320.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Polish
+300.0%
24 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Huon Valley.

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