Afrikaans
992 speakers
Afrikaans is spoken by 992 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Redland.
We are Redland
6 per cent.
6 in every 100 Redland residents speak a language other than English at home. 10k people, in 113 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 157,499
- Speak another language
- 10,083
- Languages at home
- 113
- Growth since last census
- +25.4%
Most of us speak English at home. 10k of us do not, across 113 languages, most often Afrikaans, Mandarin and Punjabi. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Queensland
#27
of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #213 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
971 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 971 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Redland.
Punjabi
614 speakers
Punjabi is spoken by 614 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Redland.
The languages of Redland
113 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
Punjabi
+102.6% 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. 10k 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.
Punjabi grew 102.6% since the last census, to 614 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
21.0% of us were born overseas, across 128 countries.
- 01England10,176+3.6%
- 02New Zealand8,024+1.3%
- 03South Africa2,884+18.8%
- 04Scotland1,252+0.9%
- 05Philippines983+36.1%
- 06India945+47.0%
- 07Germany691+12.9%
- 08China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)631+54.7%
- 09Netherlands573+6.5%
- 10Ireland493+46.7%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Redland at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity79,001-10.3%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs67,653+52.1%
- 03Buddhism1,243-2.4%
- 04Hinduism915+46.2%
- 05Islam560+60.9%
- 06Judaism79+16.2%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 21 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- CapalabaTop language — Mandarin9%1,563
- OrmistonTop language — Mandarin9%540
- Cleveland (Qld)Top language — Mandarin8%1,266
- ThornlandsTop language — Afrikaans8%1,473
- Alexandra HillsTop language — Mandarin7%1,167
- BirkdaleTop language — Mandarin7%1,031
- Wellington PointTop language — Mandarin6%727
- Lamb IslandTop language — German6%29
- SheldonTop language — Mandarin5%97
- ThornesideTop language — Afrikaans5%202
- Mount CottonTop language — Afrikaans5%372
- Point LookoutTop language — Italian4%34
- Redland BayTop language — Afrikaans4%713
- Victoria Point (Qld)Top language — Afrikaans4%597
- Russell IslandTop language — French4%129
- Macleay IslandTop language — German3%103
- North Stradbroke IslandTop language — Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)3%5
- DunwichTop language — German2%17
- Coochiemudlo IslandTop language — German2%15
- AmityTop language — Italian1%3
- Karragarra Island0%0
- 21 suburbs in Redland. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Redland 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
- Redland
- 6.4%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
6.4% of Redland 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. 6.4% is 10,083 residents as a share of all 157,499 of us. A further 5,809 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 10.1%, 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 Redland, 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 Redland 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 Redland.