Blackall Tambo, Queensland

Which languages are spoken in Blackall Tambo?

Only one in 70 residents in Blackall Tambo speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Malayalam is the one heard most. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. It's in the bottom 100 of 542 local government areas for language diversity.

Residents: 1,914
Speak another language: 29
Languages at home: 6
Change since 2016: +52.6%

Which languages are heard at home in Blackall Tambo?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

Malayalam

14 speakers

The community has more than doubled since 2016.

Shona

5 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.3 per cent of residents.

German

4 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

Where does Blackall Tambo sit against Australia as a whole?

Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among Queensland councils, Blackall Tambo ranks 54th.

Blackall Tambo: 1.5%
Australia: 21.3%
Brisbane: 22.8%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Compare Blackall Tambo with every council on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Blackall Tambo have the most speakers of other languages?

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

TamboLed by Malayalam3%10
BlackallLed by Malayalam1%19
Caldervale0%0
3 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.

Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.

The headline 1.5% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 159 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 9.8%, while measuring only those who answered gives 1.7%.

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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