Urdu
117 speakers
Urdu is spoken by 117 of our residents at home, 1.4% of Circular Head.
We are Circular Head
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Circular Head residents speak a language other than English at home. 318 people, in 23 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 8,112
- Speak another language
- 318
- Languages at home
- 23
- Growth since last census
- +150.4%
Most of us speak English at home. 318 of us do not, across 23 languages, most often Urdu, Mandarin and Dutch. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Tasmania
#9
of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #303 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
24 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 24 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Circular Head.
Dutch
22 speakers
Dutch is spoken by 22 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Circular Head.
The languages of Circular Head
23 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
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.
Why we publish this
3.9% 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. 318 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
9.0% of us were born overseas, across 29 countries.
- 01New Zealand191-18.0%
- 02England170+41.7%
- 03Pakistan125
- 04India29
- 05Philippines26-18.8%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)22+57.1%
- 07South Africa21+163%
- 08Netherlands15-61.5%
- 09Germany15+66.7%
- 10Nepal10
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Circular Head at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs3,684+41.5%
- 02Christianity3,333-24.7%
- 03Islam160
- 04Hinduism32
- 05Buddhism13+8.3%
- 06Judaism3
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 14 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- WoolnorthTop language — Urdu9%32
- MontaguTop language — Urdu7%24
- MawbannaTop language — Dutch7%13
- Roger RiverTop language — Russian6%15
- SmithtonTop language — Urdu4%164
- MenghaTop language — Russian3%10
- ForestTop language — Dutch3%18
- Rocky Cape3%7
- Irishtown (Tas.)Top language — Urdu3%8
- Edgcumbe BeachTop language — Spanish2%7
- Edith CreekTop language — Samoan2%8
- TogariTop language — Urdu2%6
- Stanley (Tas.)Top language — Dutch1%6
- West Coast0%0
- 14 suburbs in Circular Head. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Circular Head 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
- Circular Head
- 3.9%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
3.9% of Circular Head 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. 3.9% is 318 residents as a share of all 8,112 of us. A further 671 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 12.2%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.3%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Circular Head, 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 Circular Head 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 Circular Head.