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Languages spoken in South Launceston

11.7% of South Launceston residents speak a language other than English at home, across 37 languages (ABS Census 2021).

4,785

Residents

11.7%

+130%

Speak a language other than English

37

Languages spoken

17.2%

+62.7%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Nepali
    124
  2. 02
    Dari
    41+64.0%
  3. 03
    Urdu
    41+720%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    40+90.5%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    26-58.7%
  6. 06
    Hazaraghi
    25+31.6%
  7. 07
    Punjabi
    25+525%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    18
  9. 09
    Spanish
    18
  10. 10
    Gujarati
    16+33.3%

Where residents were born

17.2% born overseas, across 36 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    140+14.8%
  2. 02
    Nepal
    118
  3. 03
    India
    99+254%
  4. 04
    Iran
    50-32.4%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    49+36.1%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    42+163%
  7. 07
    Afghanistan
    41-2.4%
  8. 08
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    37+363%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    30+76.5%
  10. 10
    Sri Lanka
    26

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in South Launceston at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,486+36.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,628-16.5%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    189+845%
  4. 04
    Islam
    168+40.0%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    68+58.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    14

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