German
24 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
West Coast, Tasmania
Languages spoken in West Coast
The 2021 Census found 146 people in West Coast speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which German is the largest group. Nepali is barely behind. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 4,204
- Speak another language
- 146
- Languages at home
- 21
- Change since 2016
- +284.2%
What languages besides English do people speak in West Coast?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
How does West Coast compare with Hobart?
The share for Hobart is more than twice as high as West Coast's. Among 29 councils in Tasmania, West Coast is 13th.
- West Coast
- 3.5%
- Hobart
- 19.3%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Compare West Coast with every council on the diversity index.
Which parts of West Coast are most multilingual?
Across 5 suburbs, Strahan leads narrowly.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- TullahLed by German5%11
- StrahanLed by Nepali5%39
- ZeehanLed by Malay4%29
- Queenstown (Tas.)Led by German3%56
- Rosebery (Tas.)Led by Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)1%11
- 5 suburbs in West Coast. 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.
Other sources sometimes quote 13.7% for West Coast. That figure treats the 429 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.5%, and 3.9% is the share among those who answered.
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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