Samoan
4,364 speakers
Spoken at home by 1.9 per cent of residents.
Ipswich, Queensland
What Ipswich speaks at home
According to the 2021 Census, Samoan and Punjabi lead the languages spoken at home in Ipswich, where 13 per cent of residents use one other than English. The census recorded 104 languages with at least ten speakers each. Ipswich's share trails the share for Brisbane.
- Residents
- 225,955
- Speak another language
- 29,304
- Languages at home
- 152
- Change since 2016
- +44.7%
What languages are spoken in Ipswich?
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Punjabi
2,103 speakers
It has more than tripled since 2016.
Vietnamese
2,099 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
How does Ipswich compare with Queensland?
Across Queensland, the share is much the same as in Ipswich. Within Queensland, Ipswich ranks 3rd of 77.
- Ipswich
- 13.0%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
How does Ipswich's language list break down?
Ranked by speakers, with the movement since the previous census. Unnamed ABS categories ("Chinese, nfd" and the like) are left off the list but kept in the totals.
How big is each language community in Ipswich?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Ipswich?
Fastest-growing language
Punjabi
+350.3% since 2016
It started from at least 150 speakers in 2016, so the rise isn't a small-number effect.
How do Ipswich's suburbs compare?
Spring Mountain and Amberley sit at opposite ends.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Carole ParkLed by Tagalog44%4
- Spring Mountain (Qld)Led by Punjabi42%2,492
- GoodnaLed by Samoan26%2,672
- Redbank (Qld)Led by Samoan26%754
- Springfield LakesLed by Punjabi25%4,253
- Augustine HeightsLed by Punjabi23%1,364
- Bellbird ParkLed by Samoan21%1,914
- Redbank PlainsLed by Samoan20%4,876
- Collingwood Park (Qld)Led by Samoan20%1,779
- GailesLed by Samoan19%349
- Springfield (Ipswich - Qld)Led by Samoan19%1,351
- BrookwaterLed by Mandarin17%506
- RipleyLed by Punjabi14%612
- South RipleyLed by Punjabi14%552
- Riverview (Qld)Led by Samoan13%406
- Camira (Qld)Led by Vietnamese12%846
- DinmoreLed by Samoan9%91
- BundambaLed by Samoan8%514
- Deebing HeightsLed by Malayalam8%298
- North BoovalLed by Samoan7%221
- IpswichLed by Mandarin7%166
- Churchill (Qld)Led by Telugu6%107
- BlackstoneLed by Auslan6%65
- Springfield CentralLed by Cantonese5%11
- RaceviewLed by Samoan5%528
- WulkurakaLed by Mandarin5%63
- BoovalLed by Tagalog5%128
- Leichhardt (Qld)Led by Dinka5%211
- KaraleeLed by Afrikaans4%245
- BrassallLed by Samoan4%506
- SilkstoneLed by Spanish4%157
- Woodend (Qld)Led by Japanese4%59
- West IpswichLed by Samoan4%20
- MuirleaLed by Kannada4%10
- ChuwarLed by Afrikaans4%76
- Sadliers CrossingLed by Afrikaans4%43
- YamantoLed by Samoan4%177
- Ebbw ValeLed by Spanish3%18
- East IpswichLed by Samoan3%78
- CoalfallsLed by Mandarin3%33
- Newtown (Ipswich - Qld)Led by Tongan3%45
- WalloonLed by Fijian3%67
- One Mile (Qld)Led by Samoan3%58
- Moores PocketLed by Mandarin2%19
- North IpswichLed by Samoan2%110
- Eastern HeightsLed by Hindi2%85
- Flinders ViewLed by Mandarin2%128
- WillowbankLed by Khmer2%31
- TivoliLed by Japanese2%29
- Ironbark (Qld)Led by Hmong2%22
- Pine Mountain (Qld)Led by Spanish2%33
- MarburgLed by Afrikaans2%12
- Barellan PointLed by Serbian1%17
- Rosewood (Qld)Led by Dinka1%47
- Basin PocketLed by Samoan1%13
- Calvert (Qld)Led by Vietnamese1%5
- TallegallaLed by Auslan1%7
- ThagoonaLed by French1%10
- KarrabinLed by Cebuano1%4
- PurgaLed by Spanish1%3
- AmberleyLed by Mandarin1%4
- Haigslea0%0
- Grandchester0%0
- Ebenezer (Qld)0%0
- Mutdapilly0%0
- Mount Marrow0%0
- Mount Mort0%0
- Lanefield0%0
- Swanbank0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 69 suburbs in all.
What do birthplace and religion say about Ipswich?
The largest group born overseas comes from New Zealand.
Country of birth
19.9% born overseas, across 144 countries.
- 01New Zealand12,184+11.2%
- 02England6,375+5.8%
- 03India4,627+159%
- 04Philippines2,754+66.3%
- 05Samoa2,230+19.2%
- 06Vietnam1,429+31.2%
- 07South Africa1,252+42.0%
- 08Fiji882+42.5%
- 09Scotland659+1.7%
- 10China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)609+13.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity102,055-6.5%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs95,923+64.4%
- 03Hinduism4,287+110%
- 04Buddhism2,748+15.2%
- 05Islam2,197+90.5%
- 06Judaism61+35.6%
How does Ipswich look on the map?
Ipswich shaded by the share of residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
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. 14,129 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 13.0%. Count them in and it's 19.2%; drop them from the base and it's 13.8%.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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