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Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The languages of Sunshine Coast beyond English

At the 2021 Census, one in 19 residents in Sunshine Coast spoke a language other than English at home, most often German. Not one of them is spoken by as many as one in 100 people. In Brisbane, a language other than English is at least twice as common.

Residents
337,911
Speak another language
17,568
Languages at home
114
Change since 2016
+49.2%

Who speaks another language at home in Sunshine Coast?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

German

1,406 speakers

About 0.4 per cent of all residents.

Spanish

1,062 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by about three quarters.

Afrikaans

1,054 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Which languages make up most of Sunshine Coast's multilingual community?

The quickest growth among the five is Spanish, which has grown by about three quarters.

The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.

  1. 01
    German
    1,406-4.5%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    1,062+99.2%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans
    1,054+47.4%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    998+58.7%
  5. 05
    Portuguese
    937+338%

How does Sunshine Coast compare with Australia as a whole?

The national share is more than twice as high as Sunshine Coast's. Sunshine Coast is 18th among Queensland councils.

Sunshine Coast
5.2%
Australia
21.3%
Brisbane
22.8%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

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How does the share change across Sunshine Coast's suburbs?

Even across 106 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Baringa.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

What do birthplace and religion add in Sunshine Coast?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

Country of birth

18.7% born overseas, across 138 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    20,084+14.5%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    14,516+8.9%
  3. 03
    South Africa
    4,080+45.4%
  4. 04
    India
    2,225+97.1%
  5. 05
    Scotland
    1,805+8.6%
  6. 06
    Germany
    1,788+5.9%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    1,747+48.3%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    1,390+41.5%
  9. 09
    Canada
    1,230+41.5%
  10. 10
    Netherlands
    1,137+3.2%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    159,285+58.6%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    148,975-7.2%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    3,326-3.5%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    2,161+103%
  5. 05
    Islam
    748+45.2%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    196+37.1%

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.

The headline 5.2% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 17,383 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 10.3%, while measuring only those who answered gives 5.5%.

National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.

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