Afrikaans
57 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Goondiwindi, Queensland
In Goondiwindi, the 2021 Census counted 2.7 per cent of residents speaking a language other than English at home, led by Afrikaans and Tagalog. Every language other than English sits below one in 100 residents. Goondiwindi's share is well under the share for Brisbane.
Afrikaans has the most speakers, though every group here is small.
Across Queensland, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Goondiwindi sits in the lower half of Queensland's councils, at 42nd of 77.
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Across only 9 suburbs, the shares are fairly even, with Goondiwindi highest.
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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. 928 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 2.7%. Count them in and it's 11.8%; drop them from the base and it's 3.0%.
Figures for Goondiwindi 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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