Italian
221 speakers
It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.
Southern Downs, Queensland
Which languages are spoken in Southern Downs?
The 2021 Census found about 1,300 people in Southern Downs speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Italian is the largest group. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. In Brisbane, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 36,104
- Speak another language
- 1,275
- Languages at home
- 56
- Change since 2016
- +3.6%
Which languages are heard at home in Southern Downs?
Small as they are, Italian, Mandarin and Filipino are the largest.
How does Southern Downs compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 77 councils in Queensland, Southern Downs is 34th.
- Southern Downs
- 3.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Brisbane
- 22.8%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Do Southern Downs' suburbs differ much?
The share barely changes across 40 suburbs; Applethorpe is highest.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- ApplethorpeLed by Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)11%61
- ThulimbahLed by Italian9%32
- Cottonvale (Qld)Led by Italian9%13
- PozieresLed by Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)8%29
- StanthorpeLed by Italian8%409
- SevernleaLed by Italian6%24
- Glen AplinLed by Italian6%31
- BallandeanLed by Italian4%19
- Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld)Led by Spanish4%18
- SladevaleLed by Afrikaans4%25
- Rosenthal HeightsLed by Filipino3%72
- Broadwater (Qld)Led by German3%14
- GoomburraLed by Mandarin3%17
- Warwick (Qld)Led by Filipino3%388
- SwanfelsLed by German3%8
- JunabeeLed by Vietnamese3%10
- Greenlands (Qld)Led by German3%13
- PrattenLed by Latvian3%12
- Mount MarshallLed by German3%6
- Morgan ParkLed by Mandarin2%5
- DeucharLed by Portuguese2%10
- DalcouthLed by Macedonian2%7
- DalveenLed by Croatian2%8
- The SummitLed by Italian2%8
- Karara1%4
- Elbow ValleyLed by Mandarin1%3
- WallangarraLed by Thai1%5
- Killarney (Qld)Led by Cebuano1%9
- AlloraLed by Afrikaans1%8
- Sugarloaf (Southern Downs - Qld)Led by Mandarin1%4
- LeyburnLed by Mandarin1%3
- Amiens0%0
- Hendon (Qld)0%0
- Yangan0%0
- Willowvale (Qld)0%0
- Freestone0%0
- Leslie Dam0%0
- Rosehill (Qld)0%0
- Tannymorel0%0
- Mount Colliery0%0
- 40 suburbs in Southern Downs. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 11.2% for Southern Downs. That figure treats the 2,771 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.5%, and 3.8% is the share among those who answered.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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