Mandarin
62 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
Central Coast, Tasmania
Which languages are spoken in Central Coast?
Central Coast is overwhelmingly English-speaking: at the 2021 Census, about 420 people used another language at home, most often Mandarin. Across Tasmania, the share speaking another language is more than double. It's a community that grew fast between the last two censuses.
- Residents
- 22,995
- Speak another language
- 423
- Languages at home
- 41
- Change since 2016
- +78.5%
Who speaks something other than English in Central Coast?
Mandarin has the most speakers, though every group here is small.
What sets Central Coast apart from Australia as a whole?
Central Coast's share is well under the national share. In Tasmania, 22 councils rank above Central Coast.
- Central Coast (Tas.)
- 1.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
Where in Central Coast are other languages most common?
Leith tops the list, but the spread across 16 suburbs is narrow.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- CupronaLed by Punjabi4%12
- LeithLed by Auslan3%14
- HeybridgeLed by Sinhalese2%13
- UlverstoneLed by Dutch2%150
- RianaLed by Thai2%7
- ForthLed by Mandarin2%26
- Sulphur CreekLed by Cebuano2%14
- Turners BeachLed by Dutch2%39
- West UlverstoneLed by Mandarin2%77
- PenguinLed by Dutch1%63
- South RianaLed by German1%5
- Gawler (Tas.)Led by Russian0%3
- North Motton0%0
- Kindred0%0
- Nietta0%0
- Upper Castra0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 16 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
How the headline share is counted: 1.8% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 1,196 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 7.0%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 1.9%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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