SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Tasmania

West Tamar

24,957 residents · 53+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.6%
2,401 people
Growth since last census
+1050.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.72× Tasmania avg
0.35× national avg
Population
24,957
CALD residents
2,401
Languages spoken
53
Fastest-growing
+5500%
Narrative

Why this matters

West Tamar is home to 24,957 residents. 9.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,401 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 Tamar 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
    Nepali168 · 0.7%
    5500.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin145 · 0.6%
    83.5%
  3. 03
    Punjabi94 · 0.4%
    1466.7%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans78 · 0.3%
    310.5%
  5. 05
    German61 · 0.2%
    38.4%
  6. 06
    Spanish55 · 0.2%
    358.3%
  1. 01
    Cantonese46 · 0.2%
    27.0%
  2. 02
    Dutch43 · 0.2%
    33.8%
  3. 03
    Korean43 · 0.2%
    207.1%
  4. 04
    Tamil37 · 0.1%
    27.6%
  5. 05
    Italian37 · 0.1%
    22.9%
  6. 06
    Gujarati30 · 0.1%
    650.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.6%
Nepali
168 · +5500.0%
Mandarin
145 · +83.5%
Punjabi
94 · +1466.7%
Afrikaans
78 · +310.5%
German
61 · -38.4%
Spanish
55 · +358.3%
Cantonese
46 · -27.0%
Dutch
43 · -33.8%
Korean
43 · +207.1%
Tamil
37 · +27.6%
Italian
37 · -22.9%
Gujarati
30 · +650.0%
Sinhalese
29 · 0.0%
Persian (excluding Dari)
29 · +45.0%
Malayalam
26 · +550.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali168 · 0.7%
    5500.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin145 · 0.6%
    83.5%
  3. 03
    Punjabi94 · 0.4%
    1466.7%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans78 · 0.3%
    310.5%
  5. 05
    German61 · 0.2%
    38.4%
  6. 06
    Spanish55 · 0.2%
    358.3%
  7. 07
    Cantonese46 · 0.2%
    27.0%
  8. 08
    Dutch43 · 0.2%
    33.8%
  9. 09
    Korean43 · 0.2%
    207.1%
  10. 10
    Tamil37 · 0.1%
    27.6%
  11. 11
    Italian37 · 0.1%
    22.9%
  12. 12
    Gujarati30 · 0.1%
    650.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+5500.0%
168 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+1466.7%
94 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Gujarati
+650.0%
30 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for West Tamar.

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