We are Clarence

8 per cent.

8 in every 100 Clarence residents speak a language other than English at home. 4,601 people, in 79 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
60,888
Speak another language
4,601
Languages at home
79
Growth since last census
+178.5%

Most of us speak English at home. 4,601 of us do not, across 79 languages, most often Mandarin, Nepali and Punjabi. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Tasmania

#5

of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #195 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

875 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 875 of our residents at home, 1.4% of Clarence.

Nepali

736 speakers

Nepali is spoken by 736 of our residents at home, 1.2% of Clarence.

Punjabi

374 speakers

Punjabi is spoken by 374 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Clarence.

The languages of Clarence

79 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 Clarence, covering 3,733 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
    875+356%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    736+659%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    374+494%
  4. 04
    Greek
    197-15.8%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    182+691%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    175+465%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    159+156%
  8. 08
    Urdu
    149+1390%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese
    134+2133%
  10. 10
    Portuguese
    128+967%

Fastest-growing among us

Mandarin

+355.7% since last census

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. 4,601 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.

Mandarin grew 355.7% since the last census, to 875 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

12.5% of us were born overseas, across 87 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    2,004+1.5%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    783+480%
  3. 03
    Nepal
    652+1231%
  4. 04
    India
    601+437%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    481+22.1%
  6. 06
    Germany
    215+7.0%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    203-15.8%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    190+90.0%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    169+114%
  10. 10
    Vietnam
    161+437%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Clarence at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    30,311+44.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    24,646-12.8%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    1,023+774%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    536+92.8%
  5. 05
    Islam
    453+340%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    22+22.2%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 30 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Clarence 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

Clarence
7.6%
Tasmania
7.8%
Australia
21.3%

7.6% of Clarence 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. 7.6% is 4,601 residents as a share of all 60,888 of us. A further 2,942 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 12.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 7.9%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Clarence, 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 Clarence 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 Clarence.