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Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast

Languages spoken in Broadbeach Waters

Mandarin is the most common language after English in Broadbeach Waters, where about 1,000 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Portuguese. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Gold Coast.

Residents
8,074
Speak another language
12.8%+19.4%
Languages spoken
44
Born overseas
26.1%

What's spoken at home in Broadbeach Waters?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    194+47.0%
  2. 02
    Portuguese
    111+178%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    94+236%
  4. 04
    Italian
    69+3.0%
  5. 05
    Japanese
    680%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    65+333%
  7. 07
    German
    33-19.5%
  8. 08
    Greek
    33-25.0%
  9. 09
    Cantonese
    26-40.9%
  10. 10
    Serbian
    25-35.9%

Which countries are Broadbeach Waters' residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up just over one in four residents, most often from New Zealand.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    498-9.6%
  2. 02
    England
    394-2.2%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    134+65.4%
  4. 04
    Brazil
    104+285%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    82+7.9%
  6. 06
    Japan
    45+2.3%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    42-2.3%
  8. 08
    Germany
    35+2.9%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    35+59.1%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    35-49.3%

Where does Broadbeach Waters sit against Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Broadbeach Waters
12.8%
Gold Coast
12.5%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Broadbeach Waters?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,054-8.9%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,302+39.0%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    103-22.0%
  4. 04
    Judaism
    45+73.1%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    34+127%
  6. 06
    Islam
    31-38.0%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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