SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

Waratah-Wynyard

14,173 residents · 21+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.3%
1,029 people
Growth since last census
+53.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.55× Tasmania avg
0.27× national avg
Population
14,173
CALD residents
1,029
Languages spoken
21
Fastest-growing
+100%
Narrative

Why this matters

Waratah-Wynyard is home to 14,173 residents. 7.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,029 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Waratah-Wynyard 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
    Nepali33 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Auslan21 · 0.1%
    75.0%
  3. 03
    Thai20 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans16 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  5. 05
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    German14 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  1. 01
    Spanish11 · 0.1%
    57.1%
  2. 02
    Dutch10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese7 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog7 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Latvian5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Urdu5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 93%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.3%
Nepali
33 · 0.0%
Auslan
21 · +75.0%
Thai
20 · +100.0%
Afrikaans
16 · +60.0%
Italian
14 · 0.0%
German
14 · +16.7%
Spanish
11 · +57.1%
Dutch
10 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
7 · 0.0%
Tagalog
7 · 0.0%
Latvian
5
Urdu
5
Non-verbal, so described
4
Telugu
4
French
4
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali33 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Auslan21 · 0.1%
    75.0%
  3. 03
    Thai20 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans16 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  5. 05
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    German14 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  7. 07
    Spanish11 · 0.1%
    57.1%
  8. 08
    Dutch10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese7 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Tagalog7 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Latvian5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Urdu5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Thai
+100.0%
20 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Auslan
+75.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Afrikaans
+60.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Waratah-Wynyard.

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