West Launceston, Launceston

What West Launceston speaks at home

Most homes in West Launceston speak only English. At the 2021 Census, 240 people used another language, most often Nepali. Every other language is spoken by fewer than one in 100 residents. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Tasmania.

Residents
4,127
Speak another language
5.8%+50.0%
Languages spoken
26
Born overseas
13.1%

What languages do people in West Launceston speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Nepali
    37
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    29
  3. 03
    French
    26+13.0%
  4. 04
    Hazaraghi
    15+150%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    14+75.0%
  6. 06
    Urdu
    12
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    11-54.2%
  8. 08
    Russian
    11+175%
  9. 09
    Dari
    10+150%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    10

How does West Launceston compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

West Launceston
5.8%
Tasmania
7.8%
Australia
21.3%

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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