Nepali
1,764 speakers
Nepali is spoken by 1,764 of our residents at home, 2.6% of Launceston.
We are Launceston
10 per cent.
10 in every 100 Launceston residents speak a language other than English at home. 6,682 people, in 90 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 67,374
- Speak another language
- 6,682
- Languages at home
- 90
- Growth since last census
- +77.2%
Most of us speak English at home. 6,682 of us do not, across 90 languages, most often Nepali, Mandarin and Punjabi. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Tasmania
#4
of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #164 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
864 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 864 of our residents at home, 1.3% of Launceston.
Punjabi
344 speakers
Punjabi is spoken by 344 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Launceston.
The languages of Launceston
90 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.
Fastest-growing among us
Nepali
+134.0% since last census
We share this portrait because Launceston is, genuinely, not an “average” council. Services designed for the median Tasmania resident arrive here in the wrong language. This almanac exists so that nobody writing policy about us — federal, state, corporate or media — can say they did not know.
Nepali grew 134.0% since the last census, to 1,764 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
14.3% of us were born overseas, across 96 countries.
- 01England1,808+4.7%
- 02Nepal1,226+313%
- 03India1,024+248%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)599+83.2%
- 05New Zealand455+11.5%
- 06Bhutan439+7.6%
- 07Pakistan303+518%
- 08Philippines285+40.4%
- 09Malaysia259-32.2%
- 10Myanmar210+44.8%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Launceston at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs33,240+41.8%
- 02Christianity25,591-17.3%
- 03Hinduism1,698+220%
- 04Islam1,042+67.3%
- 05Buddhism907+34.8%
- 06Judaism37+27.6%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 30 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Mowbray (Tas.)Top language — Nepali27%1,091
- NewnhamTop language — Nepali25%1,745
- LauncestonTop language — Mandarin16%482
- Invermay (Tas.)Top language — Nepali13%463
- South LauncestonTop language — Nepali12%559
- East LauncestonTop language — Nepali10%232
- Punchbowl (Tas.)Top language — Hazaraghi9%43
- PatersoniaTop language — German8%16
- Kings MeadowsTop language — Nepali8%354
- Prospect (Tas.)Top language — Mandarin8%130
- Newstead (Tas.)Top language — Nepali8%415
- Norwood (Tas.)Top language — Mandarin6%236
- West LauncestonTop language — Nepali6%240
- Mayfield (Tas.)Top language — Nepali5%76
- YoungtownTop language — Nepali5%207
- DilstonTop language — Nepali4%31
- SummerhillTop language — Mandarin4%127
- St Leonards (Tas.)Top language — Spanish3%75
- RocherleaTop language — Tigrinya3%32
- Lilydale (Tas.)Top language — Indonesian3%22
- NunamaraTop language — French2%7
- Ravenswood (Tas.)Top language — Nepali2%71
- Swan Bay (Tas.)Top language — Estonian2%9
- WyenaTop language — Japanese1%3
- Waverley (Tas.)Top language — Telugu1%13
- KaroolaTop language — Dutch1%3
- Relbia0%0
- Underwood (Tas.)0%0
- Upper Blessington0%0
- Windermere (Tas.)0%0
- 30 suburbs in Launceston. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Launceston 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
- Launceston
- 9.9%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
9.9% of Launceston 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. 9.9% is 6,682 residents as a share of all 67,374 of us. A further 3,535 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 15.2%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 10.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Launceston, 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 Launceston 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.
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