Tetum
79 speakers
Tetum is spoken by 79 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Meander Valley.
We are Meander Valley
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Meander Valley residents speak a language other than English at home. 724 people, in 53 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 20,071
- Speak another language
- 724
- Languages at home
- 53
- Growth since last census
- +124.1%
Most of us speak English at home. 724 of us do not, across 53 languages, most often Tetum, Mandarin and Nepali. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Tasmania
#12
of 29 Tasmania councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #316 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
61 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 61 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Meander Valley.
Nepali
52 speakers
Nepali is spoken by 52 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Meander Valley.
The languages of Meander Valley
53 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.
Why we publish this
3.6% of us
We share this portrait because a council below the Tasmania average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 724 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
10.1% of us were born overseas, across 58 countries.
- 01England796+0.8%
- 02New Zealand226+37.0%
- 03Timor-Leste87
- 04Philippines85+130%
- 05Netherlands810%
- 06Scotland72+38.5%
- 07United States of America68+25.9%
- 08South Africa64+156%
- 09Germany61-11.6%
- 10Nepal55+1733%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Meander Valley at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity9,386-12.5%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs9,202+49.3%
- 03Buddhism75-6.3%
- 04Hinduism74+174%
- 05Islam51+113%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 18 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Reedy MarshTop language — Tetum21%90
- Prospect ValeTop language — Mandarin6%334
- ChudleighTop language — Urdu6%23
- CavesideTop language — German5%17
- ParkhamTop language — Russian4%19
- DeloraineTop language — Nepali3%100
- Golden ValleyTop language — Japanese3%11
- WhitemoreTop language — Cantonese3%7
- Mole CreekTop language — Dutch3%16
- MeanderTop language — Polish2%9
- Blackstone HeightsTop language — Korean2%22
- Westbury (Tas.)Top language — Hindi2%39
- DunorlanTop language — Auslan2%7
- BracknellTop language — German1%4
- Carrick (Tas.)Top language — Czech1%5
- HadspenTop language — Cantonese1%17
- Travellers RestTop language — Italian1%4
- Hagley0%0
- 18 suburbs in Meander Valley. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Meander Valley 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
- Meander Valley
- 3.6%
- Tasmania
- 7.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
3.6% of Meander Valley 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. 3.6% is 724 residents as a share of all 20,071 of us. A further 860 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 7.9%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 3.8%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Meander Valley, 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 Meander Valley 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.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Meander Valley.