South Hobart, Hobart

What South Hobart speaks at home

At the 2021 Census, about 730 people in South Hobart spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. The next largest is Nepali. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
5,604
Speak another language
13.1%+54.6%
Languages spoken
36
Born overseas
21.4%

What languages are spoken in South Hobart?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    194+140%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    69+393%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    56+167%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    51+325%
  5. 05
    German
    48-12.7%
  6. 06
    Japanese
    38+2.7%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    29+383%
  8. 08
    French
    23-34.3%
  9. 09
    Dutch
    16+100%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    16+433%

Where were South Hobart's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    252-3.8%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    169+152%
  3. 03
    India
    84+180%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    84-6.7%
  5. 05
    Nepal
    70+338%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    54-5.3%
  7. 07
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    45+246%
  8. 08
    Scotland
    39+77.3%
  9. 09
    Japan
    35+84.2%
  10. 10
    Vietnam
    32+967%

Is South Hobart more multilingual than Tasmania?

South Hobart's share is above Tasmania, at 1.7 times the rate.

South Hobart
13.1%
Australia
21.3%
Tasmania
7.8%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's South Hobart's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,611+28.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,366-15.9%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    128+73.0%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    124+182%
  5. 05
    Islam
    50+31.6%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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