German
354 speakers
German is spoken by 354 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Noosa.
We are Noosa
5 per cent.
5 in every 100 Noosa residents speak a language other than English at home. 2,698 people, in 66 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 56,599
- Speak another language
- 2,698
- Languages at home
- 66
- Growth since last census
- +31.2%
Most of us speak English at home. 2,698 of us do not, across 66 languages, most often German, Portuguese and French. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Queensland
#38
of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #262 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Portuguese
313 speakers
Portuguese is spoken by 313 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Noosa.
French
293 speakers
French is spoken by 293 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Noosa.
The languages of Noosa
66 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
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.
Fastest-growing among us
French
+50.3% 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. 2,698 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.
French grew 50.3% since the last census, to 293 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
20.6% of us were born overseas, across 88 countries.
- 01England4,258+5.3%
- 02New Zealand2,295+3.5%
- 03South Africa621+39.9%
- 04Germany472-2.5%
- 05United States of America398+41.1%
- 06Scotland347+9.1%
- 07Brazil279+304%
- 08Netherlands265+3.1%
- 09France233+124%
- 10Philippines219+36.0%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Noosa at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs28,006+41.9%
- 02Christianity23,177-11.3%
- 03Buddhism607-18.9%
- 04Hinduism118+11.3%
- 05Judaism79+193%
- 06Islam40+135%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 23 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Sunrise BeachTop language — Portuguese8%308
- Noosa HeadsTop language — French7%363
- Sunshine BeachTop language — German7%172
- Noosa North ShoreTop language — German6%27
- NoosavilleTop language — Portuguese6%493
- Peregian BeachTop language — German5%266
- TinbeerwahTop language — German5%70
- CooroibahTop language — Vietnamese5%94
- TewantinTop language — German5%520
- Marcus BeachTop language — German5%37
- Kin KinTop language — Afrikaans4%30
- Castaways BeachTop language — Mandarin3%23
- PinbarrenTop language — Spanish3%16
- CooroyTop language — German3%110
- Boreen PointTop language — German2%8
- CootharabaTop language — Spanish2%22
- Pomona (Qld)Top language — French2%56
- CooranTop language — French2%34
- Lake MacdonaldTop language — Dutch2%26
- Ridgewood (Qld)Top language — Dutch2%8
- Black Mountain (Qld)Top language — Dutch1%15
- Federal (Qld)0%0
- Ringtail Creek0%0
- 23 suburbs in Noosa. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Noosa 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
- Noosa
- 4.8%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
4.8% of Noosa 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. 4.8% is 2,698 residents as a share of all 56,599 of us. A further 3,217 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 10.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 5.1%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Noosa, 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 Noosa 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 Noosa.