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Mount Isa, Queensland

The languages of Mount Isa beyond English

In Mount Isa, English dominates, but about 1,500 people speak another language at home, led by Tagalog, according to the 2021 Census. The share in Brisbane is at least twice Mount Isa's. New Zealand tops the list of overseas birthplaces.

Residents
18,644
Speak another language
1,519
Languages at home
70
Change since 2016
+16.4%

Which communities in Mount Isa are largest?

After English, Tagalog comes first.

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Tagalog

187 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than a quarter.

Filipino

167 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

Afrikaans

100 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.5 per cent of residents.

What are the five most spoken languages other than English in Mount Isa?

The mix has changed less here than in faster-growing councils.

Top five by speakers at home, each with its movement on 2016. Show more to see the rest.

  1. 01
    Tagalog
    187+28.1%
  2. 02
    Filipino
    167-1.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans
    100+12.4%
  4. 04
    Fijian
    86+28.4%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    80+135%

How does Mount Isa's share measure up to Queensland?

Mount Isa's share is under the share for Queensland, though not by much. Only eight councils in Queensland rank higher.

Mount Isa
8.1%
Queensland
12.2%
Brisbane
22.8%

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

See where Mount Isa sits on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Mount Isa have the largest multilingual communities?

Menzies leads, Soldiers Hill trails, and the rest sit close between them.

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

Which countries are Mount Isa's overseas-born residents from?

After Australia, most residents born overseas came from New Zealand.

Country of birth

14.1% born overseas, across 65 countries.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    788-13.8%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    496+14.5%
  3. 03
    England
    212-21.8%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    184+26.0%
  5. 05
    India
    142+2.2%
  6. 06
    Fiji
    93+5.7%
  7. 07
    Papua New Guinea
    93+32.9%
  8. 08
    Zimbabwe
    85+26.9%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    42+23.5%
  10. 10
    Italy
    28+33.3%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    8,665-16.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    7,710+44.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    134-7.6%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    103+13.2%
  5. 05
    Islam
    79+38.6%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    0-100%

ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.

Blank answers matter here. 1,915 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 8.1%. Count them in and it's 18.4%; drop them from the base and it's 9.1%.

Figures for Mount Isa 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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