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West Tamar, Tasmania

West Tamar's multilingual community

In West Tamar, English dominates, but 5.1 per cent of residents speak another language at home, led by Nepali, according to the 2021 Census. The top two are neck and neck. West Tamar's share is less than half the national share.

Residents
27,217
Speak another language
1,389
Languages at home
62
Change since 2016
+89.2%

Which languages other than English are spoken most in West Tamar?

Nepali has the most speakers, though every group here is small.

Nepali

179 speakers

Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.

Mandarin

159 speakers

It has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

Punjabi

103 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.

What are West Tamar's five largest language communities?

Mandarin has grown by more than half since 2016.

The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.

  1. 01
    Nepali
    179+5867%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    159+89.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    103+1617%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans
    78+311%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    71+344%

How big is West Tamar's multilingual community next to Tasmania?

West Tamar is a little under Tasmania. Within Tasmania, West Tamar ranks 7th of 29.

West Tamar
5.1%
Tasmania
7.8%
Australia
21.3%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

The full diversity index, with West Tamar highlighted.

Which suburbs of West Tamar have the largest multilingual communities?

Riverside leads, Glengarry trails, and the rest sit close between them.

Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.

Which countries are West Tamar's overseas-born residents from?

The largest group born overseas comes from England.

Country of birth

13.6% born overseas, across 70 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,401+3.9%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    306+4.1%
  3. 03
    India
    208+235%
  4. 04
    Netherlands
    207+16.9%
  5. 05
    Nepal
    169+5533%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    150+70.5%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    138+21.1%
  8. 08
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    101+71.2%
  9. 09
    Germany
    95-22.8%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    93+55.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    13,647+47.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    11,215-13.5%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    284+344%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    187+54.5%
  5. 05
    Islam
    117+193%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3-76.9%

Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.

Blank answers matter here. 1,182 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 5.1%. Count them in and it's 9.4%; drop them from the base and it's 5.3%.

Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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