SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Kingborough

39,666 residents · 63+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.1%
5,214 people
Growth since last census
+458.7%
vs previous census
In context
1.01× Tasmania avg
0.49× national avg
Population
39,666
CALD residents
5,214
Languages spoken
63
Fastest-growing
+4033%
Narrative

Why this matters

Kingborough is home to 39,666 residents. 13.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,214 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Kingborough 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
    Mandarin1,296 · 3.3%
    293.9%
  2. 02
    Nepali248 · 0.6%
    4033.3%
  3. 03
    Spanish218 · 0.5%
    83.2%
  4. 04
    German180 · 0.5%
    3.2%
  5. 05
    Cantonese179 · 0.5%
    214.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans169 · 0.4%
    207.3%
  1. 01
    Korean155 · 0.4%
    93.8%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese92 · 0.2%
    607.7%
  3. 03
    French83 · 0.2%
    6.4%
  4. 04
    Dutch78 · 0.2%
    53.3%
  5. 05
    Portuguese74 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese68 · 0.2%
    423.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
MAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.1%
Mandarin
1,296 · +293.9%
Nepali
248 · +4033.3%
Spanish
218 · +83.2%
German
180 · -3.2%
Cantonese
179 · +214.0%
Afrikaans
169 · +207.3%
Korean
155 · +93.8%
Vietnamese
92 · +607.7%
French
83 · +6.4%
Dutch
78 · -53.3%
Portuguese
74
Sinhalese
68
Punjabi
65
Russian
63
Urdu
61
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin1,296 · 3.3%
    293.9%
  2. 02
    Nepali248 · 0.6%
    4033.3%
  3. 03
    Spanish218 · 0.5%
    83.2%
  4. 04
    German180 · 0.5%
    3.2%
  5. 05
    Cantonese179 · 0.5%
    214.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans169 · 0.4%
    207.3%
  7. 07
    Korean155 · 0.4%
    93.8%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese92 · 0.2%
    607.7%
  9. 09
    French83 · 0.2%
    6.4%
  10. 10
    Dutch78 · 0.2%
    53.3%
  11. 11
    Portuguese74 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Sinhalese68 · 0.2%
    423.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+4033.3%
248 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+712.5%
65 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+607.7%
92 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Kingborough.

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