SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

West Coast

4,243 residents · 17+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.6%
575 people
Growth since last census
+26.2%
vs previous census
In context
1.04× Tasmania avg
0.50× national avg
Population
4,243
CALD residents
575
Languages spoken
17
Fastest-growing
+33%
Narrative

Why this matters

West Coast is home to 4,243 residents. 13.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 575 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for West Coast 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
    German24 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali22 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese15 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans13 · 0.3%
    30.0%
  5. 05
    Malay11 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Thai9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Mandarin7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Swedish5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Hindi4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Igbo4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.6%
German
24 · 0.0%
Nepali
22 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
15 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
13 · +30.0%
Malay
11 · 0.0%
Thai
9 · 0.0%
Mandarin
7 · 0.0%
Swedish
5 · 0.0%
Filipino
4 · 0.0%
Hindi
4 · 0.0%
Punjabi
4 · 0.0%
Igbo
4 · 0.0%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
4 · +33.3%
Vietnamese
3 · 0.0%
Danish
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German24 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali22 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese15 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans13 · 0.3%
    30.0%
  5. 05
    Malay11 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Thai9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Mandarin7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Swedish5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Filipino4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Hindi4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Punjabi4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Igbo4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Afrikaans
+30.0%
13 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
German
0.0%
24 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for West Coast.

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