SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Sorell

16,648 residents · 36+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.9%
1,489 people
Growth since last census
+440.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.69× Tasmania avg
0.33× national avg
Population
16,648
CALD residents
1,489
Languages spoken
36
Fastest-growing
+1700%
Narrative

Why this matters

Sorell is home to 16,648 residents. 8.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,489 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Sorell 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
    Nepali54 · 0.3%
    1700.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin53 · 0.3%
    430.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi34 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans31 · 0.2%
    520.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch30 · 0.2%
    66.7%
  6. 06
    German29 · 0.2%
    14.7%
  1. 01
    Greek26 · 0.2%
    36.8%
  2. 02
    Thai19 · 0.1%
    216.7%
  3. 03
    Arabic15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish14 · 0.1%
    39.1%
  5. 05
    Urdu13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Bengali13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.9%
Nepali
54 · +1700.0%
Mandarin
53 · +430.0%
Punjabi
34 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
31 · +520.0%
Dutch
30 · +66.7%
German
29 · -14.7%
Greek
26 · +36.8%
Thai
19 · +216.7%
Arabic
15 · 0.0%
Spanish
14 · -39.1%
Urdu
13 · 0.0%
Bengali
13 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
12 · +300.0%
Sinhalese
11 · 0.0%
Gujarati
11 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali54 · 0.3%
    1700.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin53 · 0.3%
    430.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi34 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans31 · 0.2%
    520.0%
  5. 05
    Dutch30 · 0.2%
    66.7%
  6. 06
    German29 · 0.2%
    14.7%
  7. 07
    Greek26 · 0.2%
    36.8%
  8. 08
    Thai19 · 0.1%
    216.7%
  9. 09
    Arabic15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish14 · 0.1%
    39.1%
  11. 11
    Urdu13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Bengali13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+1700.0%
54 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Afrikaans
+520.0%
31 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Mandarin
+430.0%
53 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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