East Launceston, Launceston

The languages of East Launceston

English is the only home language for 85 per cent of residents in East Launceston, according to the 2021 Census. Speakers of other languages here has grown by more than half since the previous census. East Launceston is about level with Launceston.

Residents
2,406
Speak another language
9.6%+53.6%
Languages spoken
23
Born overseas
16.5%

What languages do people in East Launceston speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Nepali
    51
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    40+186%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    22
  4. 04
    Sinhalese
    18+200%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    16+300%
  6. 06
    Malayalam
    10
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    9-84.2%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    8
  9. 09
    French
    6+100%
  10. 10
    Gujarati
    5

How does East Launceston compare with Tasmania?

East Launceston's share is above Tasmania, at 1.2 times the rate.

East Launceston
9.6%
Launceston
9.9%
Tasmania
7.8%

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

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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East Launceston is part of Launceston, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.