German
176 speakers
German is spoken by 176 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Tablelands.
We are Tablelands
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Tablelands residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,090 people, in 62 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 25,991
- Speak another language
- 1,090
- Languages at home
- 62
- Growth since last census
- +40.1%
Most of us speak English at home. 1,090 of us do not, across 62 languages, most often German, Italian and Bislama. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Queensland
#42
of 76 Queensland councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #286 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Italian
136 speakers
Italian is spoken by 136 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Tablelands.
Bislama
83 speakers
Bislama is spoken by 83 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Tablelands.
The languages of Tablelands
62 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
4.2% 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. 1,090 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
11.3% of us were born overseas, across 60 countries.
- 01England848-2.9%
- 02New Zealand555+8.2%
- 03Germany192-11.5%
- 04Papua New Guinea150+121%
- 05Philippines126+29.9%
- 06Italy117-17.6%
- 07United States of America115+45.6%
- 08Vanuatu98+1860%
- 09Netherlands74-20.4%
- 10India61+177%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Tablelands at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity12,029-14.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs10,522+41.6%
- 03Buddhism134-18.8%
- 04Hinduism31+47.6%
- 05Islam13+62.5%
- 06Judaism3-25.0%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 29 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- HerbertonTop language — Kuku Yalanji11%66
- TinarooTop language — Italian9%27
- East BarronTop language — Italian7%20
- TarzaliTop language — Anindilyakwa6%15
- TolgaTop language — Bislama6%186
- WalkaminTop language — Bislama6%29
- Lake EachamTop language — German5%24
- KureenTop language — Anindilyakwa5%7
- AthertonTop language — Italian5%363
- Lake BarrineTop language — Estonian5%8
- Millaa MillaaTop language — German4%31
- MalandaTop language — German4%89
- TopazTop language — Mandarin4%18
- JagganTop language — German4%16
- MoominTop language — Dutch4%27
- Upper BarronTop language — German3%17
- PeeramonTop language — German3%26
- WongabelTop language — Finnish3%7
- YungaburraTop language — German3%33
- RavenshoeTop language — German2%31
- BarrineTop language — French2%7
- EvelynTop language — German2%6
- MaalanTop language — Afrikaans2%4
- Millstream (Qld)Top language — Italian2%15
- WondeclaTop language — German1%9
- KairiTop language — Cantonese1%6
- KoombooloombaTop language — Japanese1%3
- Mount Garnet0%0
- Lake Tinaroo0%0
- 29 suburbs in Tablelands. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Tablelands 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
- Tablelands
- 4.2%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
4.2% of Tablelands 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. 4.2% is 1,090 residents as a share of all 25,991 of us. A further 2,578 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 14.1%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.7%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Tablelands, 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 Tablelands 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 Tablelands.