Nepali
37 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Kentish, Tasmania
Languages spoken in Kentish
Nepali is the most common language after English in Kentish, though only about 210 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. The share for Hobart is more than twice as high as Kentish's.
- Residents
- 6,554
- Speak another language
- 213
- Languages at home
- 33
- Change since 2016
- +35.7%
What languages besides English do people speak in Kentish?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Nepali, Mandarin and Dutch.
How does Kentish compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among 29 councils in Tasmania, Kentish is 14th.
- Kentish
- 3.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Hobart
- 19.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How even is Kentish from suburb to suburb?
Across 11 suburbs, Acacia Hills leads narrowly.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- LorinnaLed by Nepali17%76
- NookLed by Romanian6%25
- Claude RoadLed by Dutch5%13
- Beulah (Tas.)Led by Japanese3%8
- Acacia Hills (Tas.)Led by Dutch2%13
- SheffieldLed by Russian2%31
- RolandLed by Auslan2%6
- WilmotLed by Mandarin2%7
- RailtonLed by Norwegian1%19
- Barrington (Tas.)Led by Dutch1%7
- South SpreytonLed by German1%8
- 11 suburbs in Kentish. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
The headline 3.2% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 520 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 11.2%, while measuring only those who answered gives 3.5%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
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