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Languages spoken in West Hobart

11.6% of West Hobart residents speak a language other than English at home, across 38 languages (ABS Census 2021).

6,355

Residents

11.6%

+55.6%

Speak a language other than English

38

Languages spoken

19.5%

+44.2%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    173+175%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    81+1057%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    39+290%
  4. 04
    Italian
    33-50.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    32+77.8%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    32-13.5%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese
    28+833%
  8. 08
    French
    26+44.4%
  9. 09
    German
    25+31.6%
  10. 10
    Urdu
    24

Where residents were born

19.5% born overseas, across 45 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    286+2.1%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    141+422%
  3. 03
    India
    102+176%
  4. 04
    Nepal
    85+2733%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    68-17.1%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    57-1.7%
  7. 07
    Germany
    41+2.5%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    39+290%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    29+93.3%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    29+16.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in West Hobart at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,223+29.1%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,639-15.8%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    139+396%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    96+6.7%
  5. 05
    Islam
    58+100%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3

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