We are Lockyer Valley

6 per cent.

6 in every 100 Lockyer Valley residents speak a language other than English at home. 2,520 people, in 76 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
40,743
Speak another language
2,520
Languages at home
76
Growth since last census
+25.9%

Most of us speak English at home. 2,520 of us do not, across 76 languages, most often Mandarin, Gujarati and Arabic. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Queensland

#28

of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #217 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Mandarin

477 speakers

Mandarin is spoken by 477 of our residents at home, 1.2% of Lockyer Valley.

Gujarati

195 speakers

Gujarati is spoken by 195 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Lockyer Valley.

Arabic

129 speakers

Arabic is spoken by 129 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Lockyer Valley.

The languages of Lockyer Valley

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 Lockyer Valley, covering 1,783 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
    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%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    111+56.3%
  7. 07
    Korean
    89-28.8%
  8. 08
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
    78+136%
  9. 09
    Cantonese
    75+8.7%
  10. 10
    Japanese
    74-10.8%

Fastest-growing among us

Mandarin

+11.2% 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. 2,520 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.

Mandarin grew 11.2% since the last census, to 477 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

12.5% of us were 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%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Lockyer Valley at the 2021 Census, 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%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 47 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Lockyer Valley 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

Lockyer Valley
6.2%
Queensland
12.2%
Australia
21.3%

6.2% of Lockyer Valley 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. 6.2% is 2,520 residents as a share of all 40,743 of us. A further 2,788 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 13.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 6.6%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Lockyer Valley, 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 Lockyer Valley 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 Lockyer Valley.