We are Central Highlands (Tas.)

2 per cent.

2 in every 100 Central Highlands (Tas.) residents speak a language other than English at home. 49 people, in 11 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
2,406
Speak another language
49
Languages at home
11
Growth since last census
+716.7%

Most of us speak English at home. 49 of us do not, across 11 languages, most often Nepali, Punjabi and German. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Tasmania

#20

of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #441 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Nepali

10 speakers

Nepali is spoken by 10 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Central Highlands (Tas.).

Punjabi

7 speakers

Punjabi is spoken by 7 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Central Highlands (Tas.).

German

6 speakers

German is spoken by 6 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Central Highlands (Tas.).

The languages of Central Highlands (Tas.)

11 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 10 most spoken languages in Central Highlands (Tas.), covering 49 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
    Nepali
    10
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    7
  3. 03
    German
    6+100%
  4. 04
    Czech
    5
  5. 05
    Tagalog
    4
  6. 06
    Mandarin
    4
  7. 07
    Sinhalese
    4
  8. 08
    Japanese
    3
  9. 09
    Auslan
    3
  10. 10
    Hindi
    3

Why we publish this

2.0% 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. 49 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

7.0% of us were born overseas, across 13 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    75+10.3%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    19-9.5%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    13
  4. 04
    United States of America
    11+175%
  5. 05
    India
    10
  6. 06
    Nepal
    10
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    7
  8. 08
    Scotland
    6
  9. 09
    Germany
    4+33.3%
  10. 10
    Ireland
    4-33.3%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,144-3.8%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    983+49.6%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    17
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    9
  5. 05
    Islam
    4

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 6 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Central Highlands (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 Highlands (Tas.)
2.0%
Tasmania
7.8%
Australia
21.3%

2.0% of Central Highlands (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. 2.0% is 49 residents as a share of all 2,406 of us. A further 225 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 11.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Central Highlands (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 Highlands (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 Highlands (Tas.).