German
354 speakers
About 0.6 per cent of all residents.
Noosa, Queensland
Which languages are spoken in Noosa?
German is the most common language after English in Noosa, though only one in 20 residents speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Portuguese is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. The share for Brisbane is more than twice as high as Noosa's.
- Residents
- 56,599
- Speak another language
- 2,698
- Languages at home
- 66
- Change since 2016
- +31.2%
What's spoken in Noosa apart from English?
Small as they are, German, Portuguese and French are the largest.
Portuguese
313 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
French
293 speakers
It has grown by more than half since 2016.
Where does Noosa sit against Australia as a whole?
The national share is more than twice as high as Noosa's. Among 77 councils in Queensland, Noosa is 23rd.
- Noosa
- 4.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
How even is Noosa from suburb to suburb?
Even across 23 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Sunrise Beach.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Sunrise BeachLed by Portuguese8%308
- Noosa HeadsLed by French7%363
- Sunshine BeachLed by German7%172
- Noosa North ShoreLed by German6%27
- NoosavilleLed by Portuguese6%493
- Peregian BeachLed by German5%266
- TinbeerwahLed by German5%70
- CooroibahLed by Vietnamese5%94
- TewantinLed by German5%520
- Marcus BeachLed by German5%37
- Kin KinLed by Afrikaans4%30
- Castaways BeachLed by Mandarin3%23
- PinbarrenLed by Spanish3%16
- CooroyLed by German3%110
- Boreen PointLed by German2%8
- CootharabaLed by Spanish2%22
- Pomona (Qld)Led by French2%56
- CooranLed by French2%34
- Lake MacdonaldLed by Dutch2%26
- Ridgewood (Qld)Led by Dutch2%8
- Black Mountain (Qld)Led by Dutch1%15
- Federal (Qld)0%0
- Ringtail Creek0%0
- 23 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
4.8% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 3,217 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 10.5%; among respondents alone it's 5.1%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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