We are Gladstone

5 per cent.

5 in every 100 Gladstone residents speak a language other than English at home. 3,150 people, in 76 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
63,077
Speak another language
3,150
Languages at home
76
Growth since last census
−0.9%

Most of us speak English at home. 3,150 of us do not, across 76 languages, most often Afrikaans, Tagalog and Filipino. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Queensland

#36

of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #254 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Afrikaans

413 speakers

Afrikaans is spoken by 413 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Gladstone.

Tagalog

348 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 348 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Gladstone.

Filipino

347 speakers

Filipino is spoken by 347 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Gladstone.

The languages of Gladstone

76 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 Gladstone, covering 2,277 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
    Afrikaans
    413+14.7%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    348-11.7%
  3. 03
    Filipino
    347+41.1%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    136+78.9%
  5. 05
    Hindi
    116-22.1%
  6. 06
    Tamil
    115+5.5%
  7. 07
    Mandarin
    97-33.1%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    85+9.0%
  9. 09
    German
    84-13.4%
  10. 10
    Thai
    73+12.3%

Fastest-growing among us

Filipino

+41.1% 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. 3,150 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.

Filipino grew 41.1% since the last census, to 347 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

11.6% of us were born overseas, across 92 countries.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    1,950-15.5%
  2. 02
    England
    1,411-3.7%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    891+0.9%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    744+5.8%
  5. 05
    India
    382-19.4%
  6. 06
    Scotland
    171-8.1%
  7. 07
    Germany
    129-16.2%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    129+7.5%
  9. 09
    Thailand
    91+54.2%
  10. 10
    Netherlands
    74-14.9%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    29,121+57.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    27,341-22.7%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    417-33.9%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    417-1.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    272-8.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    23+283%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 42 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Gladstone 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

Gladstone
5.0%
Queensland
12.2%
Australia
21.3%

5.0% of Gladstone 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. 5.0% is 3,150 residents as a share of all 63,077 of us. A further 4,403 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 12.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 5.4%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Gladstone, 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 Gladstone 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 Gladstone.