Mandarin
116 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
Banana, Queensland
Languages other than English in Banana
Banana is overwhelmingly English-speaking: at the 2021 Census, about 520 people used another language at home, most often Mandarin. Every language besides English has fewer speakers than one resident in 100. Across Queensland, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 14,395
- Speak another language
- 517
- Languages at home
- 43
- Change since 2016
- −11.5%
Which communities in Banana speak another language at home?
Mandarin leads a short list of small communities.
Is Banana typical of Australia as a whole?
Banana's share is less than half the national share. That puts Banana in the upper half of Queensland's councils.
- Banana
- 3.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Do Banana's suburbs differ much?
Biloela tops the list, but the spread across 24 suburbs is narrow.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- BiloelaLed by Mandarin8%441
- BaralabaLed by Afrikaans4%9
- Valentine PlainsLed by Dutch3%10
- DixaleaLed by Italian2%8
- RoundstoneLed by German2%6
- Kianga (Qld)Led by Afrikaans2%5
- Mount MurchisonLed by Italian2%4
- MouraLed by Tamil1%24
- Theodore (Qld)Led by Russian1%4
- ThangoolLed by Tagalog0%3
- TaroomLed by Tagalog0%3
- Banana0%0
- Ghinghinda0%0
- Dumgree0%0
- Prospect (Qld)0%0
- Baroondah0%0
- Lonesome Creek0%0
- Orange Creek0%0
- Goovigen0%0
- Cracow0%0
- Kokotungo0%0
- Wowan0%0
- Dululu0%0
- Lawgi Dawes0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 24 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
A note on method: 1,858 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 3.6% sits below the 16.5% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 4.1% measured across respondents only.
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.
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