Longreach, Queensland

Languages other than English in Longreach

English is the only language spoken at home by 84 per cent of residents in Longreach, according to the 2021 Census, and Gilbertese is the most common of the others. No language other than English reaches one in 100 residents. Longreach's share is well under the share for Brisbane.

Residents
3,652
Speak another language
115
Languages at home
16
Change since 2016
+139.6%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Longreach?

Gilbertese has the most speakers, though every group here is small.

Gilbertese

29 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.8 per cent of residents.

Tagalog

14 speakers

It has more than tripled since 2016.

German

12 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

Is Longreach typical of Queensland?

Across Queensland, the share speaking another language is more than double. That puts Longreach in the upper half of Queensland's councils.

Longreach
3.1%
Queensland
12.2%
Brisbane
22.8%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

See where Longreach sits on the diversity index.

Which parts of Longreach are most multilingual?

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

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. 453 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 3.1%. Count them in and it's 15.6%; drop them from the base and it's 3.6%.

Figures for Longreach 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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