Tetum
79 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Meander Valley, Tasmania
Languages spoken in Meander Valley
Only about 720 people in Meander Valley speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Tetum is the one heard most. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. Meander Valley's share is less than half the share for Tasmania.
- Residents
- 20,071
- Speak another language
- 724
- Languages at home
- 53
- Change since 2016
- +124.1%
What's spoken in Meander Valley apart from English?
Small as they are, Tetum, Mandarin and Nepali are the largest.
Where does Meander Valley sit against Hobart?
In Hobart, the share speaking another language is more than double. Meander Valley is 11th among Tasmania councils.
- Meander Valley
- 3.6%
- Hobart
- 19.3%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
How even is Meander Valley from suburb to suburb?
Even across 18 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Prospect Vale.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Reedy MarshLed by Tetum21%90
- Prospect ValeLed by Mandarin6%334
- ChudleighLed by Urdu6%23
- CavesideLed by German5%17
- ParkhamLed by Russian4%19
- DeloraineLed by Nepali3%100
- Golden ValleyLed by Japanese3%11
- WhitemoreLed by Cantonese3%7
- Mole CreekLed by Dutch3%16
- MeanderLed by Polish2%9
- Blackstone HeightsLed by Korean2%22
- Westbury (Tas.)Led by Hindi2%39
- DunorlanLed by Auslan2%7
- BracknellLed by German1%4
- Carrick (Tas.)Led by Czech1%5
- HadspenLed by Cantonese1%17
- Travellers RestLed by Italian1%4
- Hagley0%0
- 18 suburbs in Meander Valley. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
The headline 3.6% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 860 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 7.9%, while measuring only those who answered gives 3.8%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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