Malayalam
26 speakers
Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.
Charters Towers, Queensland
Languages other than English in Charters Towers
English is the only language spoken at home by 85 per cent of residents in Charters Towers, according to the 2021 Census, and Malayalam is the most common of the others. Every language other than English sits below one in 100 residents. On the diversity index it ranks 451st.
- Residents
- 11,538
- Speak another language
- 207
- Languages at home
- 34
- Change since 2016
- +24.0%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Charters Towers?
These three top a list of small communities.
Is Charters Towers typical of Queensland?
Across Queensland, a language other than English is at least twice as common. In Queensland, 52 councils rank above Charters Towers.
- Charters Towers
- 1.8%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Which suburbs of Charters Towers have the most speakers of other languages?
Charters Towers City tops the list, but the spread across 19 suburbs is narrow.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Charters Towers CityLed by Vietnamese4%82
- Richmond Hill (Qld)Led by Malayalam2%66
- TollLed by Filipino2%11
- Ravenswood (Qld)Led by Tagalog1%3
- Broughton (Qld)Led by Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)1%10
- QueentonLed by Filipino1%18
- MillchesterLed by Shona1%7
- BreddanLed by Afrikaans1%4
- Southern Cross (Qld)Led by Afrikaans1%6
- Pentland0%0
- Mosman Park (Qld)0%0
- Greenvale (Qld)0%0
- Basalt (Qld)0%0
- Seventy Mile0%0
- Towers Hill0%0
- Reid River0%0
- Grand Secret0%0
- Hervey Range0%0
- Alabama Hill0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 19 suburbs in all.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
Blank answers matter here. 1,556 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 1.8%. Count them in and it's 15.3%; drop them from the base and it's 2.1%.
Figures for Charters Towers itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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