Mandarin
467 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 467 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Rockhampton.
We are Rockhampton
6 per cent.
6 in every 100 Rockhampton residents speak a language other than English at home. 4,601 people, in 95 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 81,253
- Speak another language
- 4,601
- Languages at home
- 95
- Growth since last census
- +16.3%
Most of us speak English at home. 4,601 of us do not, across 95 languages, most often Mandarin, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Queensland
#31
of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #234 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Tagalog
414 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 414 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Rockhampton.
Vietnamese
408 speakers
Vietnamese is spoken by 408 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Rockhampton.
The languages of Rockhampton
95 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.
- 01467+99.6%
- 02414+29.0%
- 03408+3.8%
- 04264+105%
- 05251+4.1%
- 06225+52.0%
- 07208+66.4%
- 08181+7.1%
- 09161-29.7%
- 10161-37.4%
Fastest-growing among us
Mandarin
+99.6% 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. 4,601 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.
Mandarin grew 99.6% since the last census, to 467 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
8.7% of us were born overseas, across 86 countries.
- 01New Zealand1,221+6.5%
- 02Philippines998+25.2%
- 03England976-1.6%
- 04India606+34.7%
- 05China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)453+210%
- 06Vietnam333-2.6%
- 07South Africa331+11.1%
- 08Nepal212+82.8%
- 09Sri Lanka208-21.5%
- 10Brazil176-12.0%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Rockhampton at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity41,605-19.2%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs30,657+66.3%
- 03Hinduism863+54.7%
- 04Buddhism636+1.8%
- 05Islam402-14.5%
- 06Judaism22+214%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 33 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Norman GardensTop language — Vietnamese13%1,379
- KoongalTop language — Mandarin10%450
- KawanaTop language — Nepali7%302
- AllenstownTop language — Malayalam7%181
- The Range (Qld)Top language — Malayalam7%338
- Rockhampton CityTop language — Tagalog6%117
- FrenchvilleTop language — Mandarin5%488
- ParkhurstTop language — Tagalog5%155
- BerserkerTop language — Vietnamese5%346
- Park AvenueTop language — Filipino4%190
- GracemereTop language — Afrikaans4%430
- Mount Archer (Rockhampton - Qld)Top language — Afrikaans3%3
- West RockhamptonTop language — Thai3%59
- Pink LilyTop language — Spanish3%5
- WandalTop language — Tagalog3%100
- MarmorTop language — Afrikaans2%5
- Lakes CreekTop language — Dutch2%10
- Depot HillTop language — Meriam Mir2%18
- Glenroy (Qld)Top language — Afrikaans1%4
- WalterhallTop language — Thai1%4
- Mount MorganTop language — Hindi1%11
- Alton DownsTop language — Afrikaans0%6
- Bouldercombe0%0
- Bajool0%0
- Kabra0%0
- Ridgelands0%0
- Stanwell0%0
- Port Curtis0%0
- Fletcher Creek0%0
- Westwood (Qld)0%0
- Limestone (Qld)0%0
- Fairy Bower0%0
- The Common0%0
- 33 suburbs in Rockhampton. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Rockhampton 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
- Rockhampton
- 5.7%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
5.7% of Rockhampton 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. 5.7% is 4,601 residents as a share of all 81,253 of us. A further 6,137 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 13.2%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 6.1%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Rockhampton, 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 Rockhampton 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 Rockhampton.