We are Central Coast (Tas.)

2 per cent.

2 in every 100 Central Coast (Tas.) residents speak a language other than English at home. 423 people, in 41 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
22,995
Speak another language
423
Languages at home
41
Growth since last census
+78.5%

Most of us speak English at home. 423 of us do not, across 41 languages, most often Mandarin, Dutch and Nepali. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Tasmania

#26

of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #463 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

62 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 62 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Central Coast (Tas.).

Dutch

53 speakers

Dutch is spoken by 53 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Central Coast (Tas.).

Nepali

28 speakers

Nepali is spoken by 28 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Central Coast (Tas.).

The languages of Central Coast (Tas.)

41 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Central Coast (Tas.), covering 336 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    62+933%
  2. 02
    Dutch
    53-1.9%
  3. 03
    Nepali
    28
  4. 04
    German
    22-24.1%
  5. 05
    French
    21+133%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans
    16+220%
  7. 07
    Thai
    16+33.3%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    15+275%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese
    14+180%
  10. 10
    Cantonese
    13+85.7%

Why we publish this

1.8% of us

We share this portrait because a council below the Tasmania average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 423 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

7.9% of us were born overseas, across 41 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    812-2.8%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    209+20.1%
  3. 03
    Netherlands
    191+15.8%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    79+68.1%
  5. 05
    Scotland
    70+79.5%
  6. 06
    India
    57+128%
  7. 07
    Germany
    32-33.3%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    31+3.3%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    30+7.1%
  10. 10
    Nepal
    24

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Central Coast (Tas.) at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    11,712+47.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    9,429-18.8%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    86+16.2%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    59+293%
  5. 05
    Islam
    16+129%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 16 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Central Coast (Tas.) shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Central Coast (Tas.)
1.8%
Tasmania
7.8%
Australia
21.3%

1.8% of Central Coast (Tas.) residents speak a language other than English at home, against 7.8% for Tasmania and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

How the headline share is counted. 1.8% is 423 residents as a share of all 22,995 of us. A further 1,196 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 7.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 1.9%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Central Coast (Tas.), it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Central Coast (Tas.) figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Central Coast (Tas.).