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Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston's multilingual community

The 2021 Census counted one in ten residents in Launceston using a language other than English at home, and Nepali tops that list. Just two languages are spoken by at least one in 100 people. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.

Residents
67,374
Speak another language
6,682
Languages at home
90
Change since 2016
+77.2%

Who speaks another language at home in Launceston?

Nepali, Mandarin and Punjabi are the three largest.

Nepali

1,764 speakers

The community has more than doubled since 2016.

Mandarin

864 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than a quarter.

Punjabi

344 speakers

It has more than tripled since 2016.

Which languages make up most of Launceston's multilingual community?

The quickest growth among the five is Nepali, which has more than doubled.

The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.

  1. 01
    Nepali
    1,764+134%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    864+42.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    344+682%
  4. 04
    Urdu
    268+1065%
  5. 05
    Gujarati
    203+1253%

How does Launceston compare with Hobart?

Launceston's share is under the share for Hobart, though not by much. Launceston is in the top ten of Tasmania's 29 councils.

Launceston
9.9%
Hobart
19.3%
Australia
21.3%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Find Launceston on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Launceston have the largest multilingual communities?

The share barely changes across 30 suburbs; Mowbray is highest.

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

Where were Launceston's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

Country of birth

14.3% born overseas, across 96 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,808+4.7%
  2. 02
    Nepal
    1,226+313%
  3. 03
    India
    1,024+248%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    599+83.2%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    455+11.5%
  6. 06
    Bhutan
    439+7.6%
  7. 07
    Pakistan
    303+518%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    285+40.4%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    259-32.2%
  10. 10
    Myanmar
    210+44.8%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    33,240+41.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    25,591-17.3%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    1,698+220%
  4. 04
    Islam
    1,042+67.3%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    907+34.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    37+27.6%

Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.

Other sources sometimes quote 15.2% for Launceston. That figure treats the 3,535 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 9.9%, and 10.5% is the share among those who answered.

National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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