Nepali
106 speakers
Nepali is spoken by 106 of our residents at home, 2.2% of Glamorgan-Spring Bay.
We are Glamorgan-Spring Bay
5 per cent.
5 in every 100 Glamorgan-Spring Bay residents speak a language other than English at home. 254 people, in 21 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 4,911
- Speak another language
- 254
- Languages at home
- 21
- Growth since last census
- +303.2%
Most of us speak English at home. 254 of us do not, across 21 languages, most often Nepali, Mandarin and Spanish. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Tasmania
#6
of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #245 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
45 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 45 of our residents at home, 0.9% of Glamorgan-Spring Bay.
Spanish
18 speakers
Spanish is spoken by 18 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Glamorgan-Spring Bay.
The languages of Glamorgan-Spring Bay
21 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.
- 01106
- 0245+800%
- 0318+500%
- 0411+83.3%
- 0511-38.9%
- 0611+120%
- 078+167%
- 086+100%
- 095
- 1040%
Why we publish this
5.2% 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. 254 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
12.3% of us were born overseas, across 29 countries.
- 01England208+20.2%
- 02Nepal103
- 03New Zealand47+30.6%
- 04India23+229%
- 05Philippines19+533%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)18
- 07France17+325%
- 08Taiwan17+183%
- 09Indonesia16+220%
- 10Germany15-21.1%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Glamorgan-Spring Bay at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs2,223+59.5%
- 02Christianity2,098-14.3%
- 03Hinduism101
- 04Buddhism49+188%
- 05Islam6-14.3%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 8 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Coles BayTop language — Nepali19%98
- Little SwanportTop language — Indonesian7%15
- BichenoTop language — Nepali6%68
- Dolphin SandsTop language — Nepali5%18
- Swansea (Tas.)Top language — Nepali4%32
- TriabunnaTop language — Mandarin2%14
- Orford (Tas.)Top language — Mandarin1%6
- RhebanTop language — German1%3
- 8 suburbs in Glamorgan-Spring Bay. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Glamorgan-Spring Bay 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
- Glamorgan-Spring Bay
- 5.2%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
5.2% of Glamorgan-Spring Bay 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. 5.2% is 254 residents as a share of all 4,911 of us. A further 351 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 12.3%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 5.6%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Glamorgan-Spring Bay, 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 Glamorgan-Spring Bay 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 Glamorgan-Spring Bay.