SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Meander Valley

20,708 residents · 50+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.9%
1,635 people
Growth since last census
+190.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.61× Tasmania avg
0.29× national avg
Population
20,708
CALD residents
1,635
Languages spoken
50
Fastest-growing
+940%
Narrative

Why this matters

Meander Valley is home to 20,708 residents. 7.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,635 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Meander 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
    Tetum79 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin61 · 0.3%
    335.7%
  3. 03
    Nepali52 · 0.3%
    940.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog34 · 0.2%
    61.9%
  5. 05
    Russian30 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Cantonese30 · 0.1%
    114.3%
  1. 01
    Italian27 · 0.1%
    34.1%
  2. 02
    French24 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    German24 · 0.1%
    17.2%
  4. 04
    Urdu23 · 0.1%
    15.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans22 · 0.1%
    144.4%
  6. 06
    Japanese22 · 0.1%
    46.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.9%
Tetum
79 · 0.0%
Mandarin
61 · +335.7%
Nepali
52 · +940.0%
Tagalog
34 · +61.9%
Russian
30 · +200.0%
Cantonese
30 · +114.3%
Italian
27 · -34.1%
French
24 · +50.0%
German
24 · -17.2%
Urdu
23 · +15.0%
Afrikaans
22 · +144.4%
Japanese
22 · +46.7%
Hindi
20 · +53.8%
Dutch
18 · +28.6%
Tongan
17 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tetum79 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin61 · 0.3%
    335.7%
  3. 03
    Nepali52 · 0.3%
    940.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog34 · 0.2%
    61.9%
  5. 05
    Russian30 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Cantonese30 · 0.1%
    114.3%
  7. 07
    Italian27 · 0.1%
    34.1%
  8. 08
    French24 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  9. 09
    German24 · 0.1%
    17.2%
  10. 10
    Urdu23 · 0.1%
    15.0%
  11. 11
    Afrikaans22 · 0.1%
    144.4%
  12. 12
    Japanese22 · 0.1%
    46.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+940.0%
52 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+335.7%
61 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Russian
+200.0%
30 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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