We are Fraser Coast

3 per cent.

3 in every 100 Fraser Coast residents speak a language other than English at home. 3,283 people, in 91 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
110,027
Speak another language
3,283
Languages at home
91
Growth since last census
+31.6%

Most of us speak English at home. 3,283 of us do not, across 91 languages, most often German, Afrikaans and Mandarin. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Queensland

#54

of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #361 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

German

368 speakers

German is spoken by 368 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Fraser Coast.

Afrikaans

197 speakers

Afrikaans is spoken by 197 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Fraser Coast.

Mandarin

181 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 181 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Fraser Coast.

The languages of Fraser Coast

91 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Fraser Coast, covering 2,179 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    German
    368+6.4%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans
    197+89.4%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    181+30.2%
  4. 04
    Tagalog
    158+13.7%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    141+152%
  6. 06
    Filipino
    127+84.1%
  7. 07
    Dutch
    125-10.1%
  8. 08
    Hindi
    104+22.4%
  9. 09
    Punjabi
    98+250%
  10. 10
    French
    95-4.0%

Fastest-growing among us

German

+6.4% since last census

We share this portrait because a council below the Queensland average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 3,283 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

German grew 6.4% since the last census, to 368 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

13.1% of us were born overseas, across 97 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    5,158+9.9%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    3,396+15.5%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    752+37.5%
  4. 04
    Germany
    591-4.1%
  5. 05
    Scotland
    526+15.4%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    526+43.3%
  7. 07
    Netherlands
    3850%
  8. 08
    India
    353+81.0%
  9. 09
    United States of America
    230+21.7%
  10. 10
    Thailand
    163+130%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Fraser Coast at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    53,099-11.7%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    46,100+60.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    735+9.7%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    363+28.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    236+113%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    14+27.3%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 52 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Fraser Coast shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Fraser Coast
3.0%
Queensland
12.2%
Australia
21.3%

3.0% of Fraser Coast residents speak a language other than English at home, against 12.2% for Queensland and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

How the headline share is counted. 3.0% is 3,283 residents as a share of all 110,027 of us. A further 7,295 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 9.6%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 3.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Fraser Coast, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Fraser Coast figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Fraser Coast.