French
22 speakers
Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.
Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Languages spoken in Derwent Valley
In Derwent Valley, the 2021 Census counted 1.4 per cent of residents speaking a language other than English at home, led by French and Polish. The top two are almost level. That places it 453rd of 542 local government areas on the diversity index.
- Residents
- 10,534
- Speak another language
- 152
- Languages at home
- 27
- Change since 2016
- +32.2%
Which communities in Derwent Valley speak another language at home?
French has the most speakers, though every group here is small.
Is Derwent Valley typical of Tasmania?
Across Tasmania, the share speaking another language is more than double. 2 councils in Tasmania have a lower share.
- Derwent Valley
- 1.4%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
- Hobart
- 19.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Which parts of Derwent Valley are most multilingual?
Molesworth has the highest share of the 12 suburbs, but not by far.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- Bushy Park (Tas.)Led by Malayalam5%10
- BoyerLed by Dari2%3
- Mount LloydLed by Dutch2%7
- Molesworth (Tas.)Led by French2%17
- New NorfolkLed by Sinhalese2%95
- LachlanLed by Polish1%14
- Macquarie PlainsLed by Russian1%3
- Black HillsLed by Mandarin1%3
- Magra0%0
- Westerway0%0
- Maydena0%0
- Lawitta0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 12 suburbs in all.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted: 1.4% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 703 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 8.1%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 1.5%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.
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