Townsville City, Townsville

What Townsville City speaks at home

Most homes in Townsville City speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 270 people used another language, most often French. Queensland has a higher share than Townsville City. For the wider picture, Townsville has a page of its own.

Residents
2,883
Speak another language
9.5%+33.0%
Languages spoken
29
Born overseas
23.3%

What languages do people in Townsville City speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    French
    28+47.4%
  2. 02
    Korean
    25+66.7%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    24+243%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    20+11.1%
  5. 05
    Greek
    16+23.1%
  6. 06
    Portuguese
    14
  7. 07
    Tagalog
    13
  8. 08
    Cantonese
    11+57.1%
  9. 09
    Fijian
    9+200%
  10. 10
    Gujarati
    8

Where does Townsville City sit against Australia as a whole?

Townsville City's share is below Australia as a whole.

Townsville City
9.5%
Queensland
12.2%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Townsville City is part of Townsville, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.