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Lockyer Valley, Queensland

Languages spoken in Lockyer Valley

Mandarin is the most common language after English in Lockyer Valley, where 6.2 per cent of residents speak something else at home, according to the 2021 Census. One language clears the one-in-100 mark. Lockyer Valley is a little under Queensland.

Residents
40,743
Speak another language
2,520
Languages at home
76
Change since 2016
+25.9%

Which languages other than English are spoken most in Lockyer Valley?

These are the three languages other than English with the most speakers.

Mandarin

477 speakers

Spoken at home by 1.2 per cent of residents.

Gujarati

195 speakers

It has more than tripled since 2016.

Arabic

129 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

What are Lockyer Valley's five largest language communities?

Rohingya and Vietnamese have grown by more than half since 2016.

The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    477+11.2%
  2. 02
    Gujarati
    195+353%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    129-11.6%
  4. 04
    Rohingya
    114+115%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    112+77.8%

How big is Lockyer Valley's multilingual community next to Australia as a whole?

Lockyer Valley's share is well under the national share. In Queensland, 14 councils rank higher.

Lockyer Valley
6.2%
Australia
21.3%
Queensland
12.2%

Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.

Lockyer Valley's place on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Lockyer Valley have the largest multilingual communities?

Gatton leads, Summerholm trails, and the rest sit close between them.

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

What do birthplace and religion add in Lockyer Valley?

The largest group born overseas comes from England.

Country of birth

12.5% born overseas, across 83 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,127+6.3%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    907+23.1%
  3. 03
    India
    347+96.0%
  4. 04
    Taiwan
    303-6.5%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    183+29.8%
  6. 06
    Solomon Islands
    152+443%
  7. 07
    Germany
    138+13.1%
  8. 08
    Papua New Guinea
    137+75.6%
  9. 09
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    130+39.8%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    125+4.2%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    20,812-13.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    15,322+66.2%
  3. 03
    Islam
    451+17.1%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    356+141%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    313+13.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    13+117%

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. 2,788 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 6.2%. Count them in and it's 13.0%; drop them from the base and it's 6.6%.

Figures for Lockyer Valley 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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