SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Northern Midlands

13,562 residents · 32+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.2%
973 people
Growth since last census
+102.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.54× Tasmania avg
0.26× national avg
Population
13,562
CALD residents
973
Languages spoken
32
Fastest-growing
+467%
Narrative

Why this matters

Northern Midlands is home to 13,562 residents. 7.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 973 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Northern Midlands 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
    Mandarin28 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  2. 02
    Tongan17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Japanese17 · 0.1%
    466.7%
  4. 04
    Nepali14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  1. 01
    Punjabi12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Auslan10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    French10 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  4. 04
    Dutch9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
  5. 05
    Spanish9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
  6. 06
    German9 · 0.1%
    25.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 93%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.2%
Mandarin
28 · +33.3%
Tongan
17 · 0.0%
Japanese
17 · +466.7%
Nepali
14 · 0.0%
Italian
14 · +250.0%
Tagalog
12 · +200.0%
Punjabi
12 · 0.0%
Auslan
10 · 0.0%
French
10 · -16.7%
Dutch
9 · -18.2%
Spanish
9 · -18.2%
German
9 · -25.0%
Sinhalese
8 · 0.0%
Telugu
7 · 0.0%
Russian
6 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin28 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  2. 02
    Tongan17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Japanese17 · 0.1%
    466.7%
  4. 04
    Nepali14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  7. 07
    Punjabi12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Auslan10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    French10 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  10. 10
    Dutch9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
  11. 11
    Spanish9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
  12. 12
    German9 · 0.1%
    25.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Japanese
+466.7%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Italian
+250.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+200.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Northern Midlands.

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