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Kingborough, Tasmania

Kingborough's multilingual community

In Kingborough, English dominates, but 10 per cent of residents speak another language at home, led by Mandarin, according to the 2021 Census. The one-in-100 mark is passed by only one language. Kingborough's share is well under the national share.

Residents
39,109
Speak another language
3,930
Languages at home
71
Change since 2016
+116.6%

Which languages other than English are spoken most in Kingborough?

These are the three languages other than English with the most speakers.

Mandarin

1,296 speakers

Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.

Nepali

248 speakers

It has more than tripled since 2016.

Spanish

218 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by about three quarters.

What are Kingborough's five largest language communities?

Mandarin, Spanish and Cantonese have grown by more than half since 2016.

The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,296+294%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    248+4033%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    218+83.2%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    179+214%
  5. 05
    German
    174-3.3%

How big is Kingborough's multilingual community next to Tasmania?

Kingborough's share sits above the share for Tasmania. Within Tasmania, Kingborough ranks 3rd of 29.

Kingborough
10.0%
Tasmania
7.8%
Australia
21.3%

Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.

See where Kingborough sits on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Kingborough have the largest multilingual communities?

From Kingston down to Allens Rivulet, the gap is modest.

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

What do birthplace and religion add in Kingborough?

The largest group born overseas comes from England.

Country of birth

19.3% born overseas, across 88 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    2,168+2.1%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,129+378%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    500+25.3%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    410+55.3%
  5. 05
    Netherlands
    289-4.3%
  6. 06
    India
    264+116%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    258+50.0%
  8. 08
    Nepal
    258+4200%
  9. 09
    Scotland
    216-4.8%
  10. 10
    Germany
    208+2.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    21,160+40.2%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    15,014-8.8%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    430+51.4%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    428+328%
  5. 05
    Islam
    233+140%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    24+100%

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.

Blank answers matter here. 1,214 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 10.0%. Count them in and it's 13.2%; drop them from the base and it's 10.4%.

Figures for Kingborough itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.

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