SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Launceston

69,260 residents · 84+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.0%
10,367 people
Growth since last census
+207.0%
vs previous census
In context
1.15× Tasmania avg
0.55× national avg
Population
69,260
CALD residents
10,367
Languages spoken
84
Fastest-growing
+1253%
Narrative

Why this matters

Launceston is home to 69,260 residents. 15.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 10,367 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Launceston 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
    Nepali1,775 · 2.6%
    ▲135.4%
  2. 02
    Mandarin878 · 1.3%
    ▲43.5%
  3. 03
    Punjabi353 · 0.5%
    ▲702.3%
  4. 04
    Urdu278 · 0.4%
    ▲1108.7%
  5. 05
    Gujarati203 · 0.3%
    ▲1253.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese188 · 0.3%
    ▲150.7%
  1. 01
    Sinhalese168 · 0.2%
    ▲189.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish159 · 0.2%
    ▲183.9%
  3. 03
    Hazaraghi138 · 0.2%
    ▲170.6%
  4. 04
    Cantonese133 · 0.2%
    ▲18.8%
  5. 05
    Hindi131 · 0.2%
    ▲98.5%
  6. 06
    Persian (excluding Dari)130 · 0.2%
    ▼42.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 85%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 85.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.0%
Nepali
1,775 · +135.4%
Mandarin
878 · +43.5%
Punjabi
353 · +702.3%
Urdu
278 · +1108.7%
Gujarati
203
Vietnamese
188 · +150.7%
Sinhalese
168 · +189.7%
Spanish
159 · +183.9%
Hazaraghi
138 · +170.6%
Cantonese
133 · +18.8%
Hindi
131
Persian (excluding Dari)
130
Arabic
121
Tagalog
114
Burmese
112
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali1,775 · 2.6%
    ▲135.4%
  2. 02
    Mandarin878 · 1.3%
    ▲43.5%
  3. 03
    Punjabi353 · 0.5%
    ▲702.3%
  4. 04
    Urdu278 · 0.4%
    ▲1108.7%
  5. 05
    Gujarati203 · 0.3%
    ▲1253.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese188 · 0.3%
    ▲150.7%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese168 · 0.2%
    ▲189.7%
  8. 08
    Spanish159 · 0.2%
    ▲183.9%
  9. 09
    Hazaraghi138 · 0.2%
    ▲170.6%
  10. 10
    Cantonese133 · 0.2%
    ▲18.8%
  11. 11
    Hindi131 · 0.2%
    ▲98.5%
  12. 12
    Persian (excluding Dari)130 · 0.2%
    ▼42.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Gujarati
+1253.3%
203 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Urdu
+1108.7%
278 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+702.3%
353 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Mowbray (Tas.)
3,984 RESIDENTS
33.2% CALDTop: Nepali
Newnham
7,023 RESIDENTS
29.8% CALDTop: Nepali
Invermay (Tas.)
3,440 RESIDENTS
25.7% CALDTop: Nepali
Launceston
2,966 RESIDENTS
22.4% CALDTop: Mandarin
South Launceston
4,785 RESIDENTS
16.5% CALDTop: Nepali
East Launceston
2,406 RESIDENTS
14.5% CALDTop: Nepali
Mayfield (Tas.)
1,492 RESIDENTS
14.3% CALDTop: Nepali
Prospect (Tas.)
1,677 RESIDENTS
13.0% CALDTop: Mandarin
Punchbowl (Tas.)
492 RESIDENTS
12.8% CALDTop: Hazaraghi
Patersonia
199 RESIDENTS
12.6% CALDTop: German
Lilydale (Tas.)
738 RESIDENTS
12.5% CALDTop: Indonesian
Newstead (Tas.)
5,413 RESIDENTS
12.4% CALDTop: Nepali
Use this data

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