SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Latrobe (Tas.)

12,125 residents · 32+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.0%
969 people
Growth since last census
+97.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.60× Tasmania avg
0.29× national avg
Population
12,125
CALD residents
969
Languages spoken
32
Fastest-growing
+300%
Narrative

Why this matters

Latrobe (Tas.) is home to 12,125 residents. 8.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 969 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Latrobe (Tas.) 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
    Nepali36 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German31 · 0.3%
    29.2%
  3. 03
    Arabic28 · 0.2%
    133.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin24 · 0.2%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish24 · 0.2%
    300.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans18 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Russian12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Indonesian11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Auslan9 · 0.1%
    28.6%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.0%
Nepali
36 · 0.0%
German
31 · +29.2%
Arabic
28 · +133.3%
Mandarin
24 · +100.0%
Spanish
24 · +300.0%
Afrikaans
18 · 0.0%
Dutch
15 · -16.7%
Sinhalese
13 · 0.0%
Russian
12 · +100.0%
Punjabi
12 · 0.0%
Indonesian
11 · 0.0%
Auslan
9 · +28.6%
Malayalam
8 · 0.0%
Japanese
8 · 0.0%
Polish
8 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali36 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German31 · 0.3%
    29.2%
  3. 03
    Arabic28 · 0.2%
    133.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin24 · 0.2%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish24 · 0.2%
    300.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans18 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Russian12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  10. 10
    Punjabi12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Indonesian11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Auslan9 · 0.1%
    28.6%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+300.0%
24 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Arabic
+133.3%
28 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Mandarin
+100.0%
24 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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