Afrikaans
187 speakers
About 0.7 per cent of all residents.
Central Highlands, Queensland
Languages other than English in Central Highlands
The 2021 Census found one in 20 residents in Central Highlands speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Afrikaans is the largest group. Tagalog is barely behind. In Brisbane, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 27,571
- Speak another language
- 1,378
- Languages at home
- 66
- Change since 2016
- +27.6%
Which languages are heard at home in Central Highlands?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Afrikaans, Tagalog and Mandarin.
How does Central Highlands compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Within Queensland, Central Highlands ranks 20th of 77.
- Central Highlands (Qld)
- 5.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Do Central Highlands' suburbs differ much?
Even across 21 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Emerald.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Emerald (Qld)Led by Afrikaans7%1,094
- GindieLed by Afrikaans6%17
- CometLed by German4%15
- CairdbeignLed by Danish4%17
- BlackwaterLed by Tagalog3%148
- SpringsureLed by Filipino2%19
- CapellaLed by Spanish2%19
- Carnarvon ParkLed by French2%10
- TieriLed by Afrikaans2%12
- Duaringa2%3
- DingoLed by Maltese2%4
- Sapphire CentralLed by Finnish1%14
- WillowsLed by Maori (New Zealand)1%3
- BalcombaLed by Polish1%3
- Khosh Bulduk0%0
- Anakie Siding0%0
- Jellinbah0%0
- Hibernia0%0
- Bauhinia0%0
- Bluff0%0
- Rolleston0%0
- 21 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.
5.0% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 3,169 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 16.5%; among respondents alone it's 5.6%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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