Mandarin
71 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 71 of our residents at home, 0.2% of South Burnett.
We are South Burnett
2 per cent.
2 in every 100 South Burnett residents speak a language other than English at home. 741 people, in 47 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 32,493
- Speak another language
- 741
- Languages at home
- 47
- Growth since last census
- +35.2%
Most of us speak English at home. 741 of us do not, across 47 languages, most often Mandarin, Filipino and Tagalog. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Queensland
#60
of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #416 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Filipino
70 speakers
Filipino is spoken by 70 of our residents at home, 0.2% of South Burnett.
Tagalog
70 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 70 of our residents at home, 0.2% of South Burnett.
The languages of South Burnett
47 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.
Why we publish this
2.3% of us
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. 741 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.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
7.9% of us were born overseas, across 50 countries.
- 01England809-6.1%
- 02New Zealand645+5.0%
- 03Philippines245-12.8%
- 04South Africa88+57.1%
- 05Germany73-22.3%
- 06Netherlands72+9.1%
- 07India72+89.5%
- 08Scotland68-9.3%
- 09Taiwan49
- 10Solomon Islands45+400%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in South Burnett at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity16,257-18.7%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs12,441+52.7%
- 03Buddhism149-4.5%
- 04Hinduism46+35.3%
- 05Islam41+95.2%
- 06Judaism7+75.0%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 39 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- GoodgerTop language — Auslan7%12
- WilkesdaleTop language — French4%11
- KingaroyTop language — Mandarin4%450
- Bunya MountainsTop language — Indonesian3%3
- MurgonTop language — Auslan2%55
- WondaiTop language — Filipino2%50
- CrawfordTop language — Dutch2%8
- Blackbutt NorthTop language — German2%10
- Barlil2%4
- Blackbutt (Qld)Top language — Filipino2%17
- TeelahTop language — Thai2%7
- ProstonTop language — Filipino2%9
- HivesvilleTop language — Thai1%6
- EllesmereTop language — Arabic1%7
- NanangoTop language — Tongan1%44
- South NanangoTop language — French1%10
- Charlestown (Qld)Top language — Auslan1%4
- MondureTop language — French1%3
- MoffatdaleTop language — Italian1%4
- InverlawTop language — German1%3
- CoolabuniaTop language — Mandarin1%3
- CloynaTop language — French1%3
- WooroolinTop language — Arabic1%3
- Benarkin NorthTop language — German1%3
- East NanangoTop language — German1%3
- TarongTop language — Greek1%3
- BooieTop language — French1%6
- Taabinga0%0
- Wattle Camp0%0
- Ballogie0%0
- Taromeo0%0
- Memerambi0%0
- Runnymede (Qld)0%0
- Kumbia0%0
- Durong0%0
- Benair0%0
- Ironpot (South Burnett - Qld)0%0
- Barker Creek Flat0%0
- Glan Devon0%0
- 39 suburbs in South Burnett. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
South Burnett 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
- South Burnett
- 2.3%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
2.3% of South Burnett 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. 2.3% is 741 residents as a share of all 32,493 of us. A further 2,934 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 11.3%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for South Burnett, 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 South Burnett 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.
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