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Whitsunday, Queensland

Languages spoken in Whitsunday

At the 2021 Census, one in 17 residents in Whitsunday spoke a language other than English at home, most often Spanish. None of those languages reaches one resident in 100. The national share is more than twice as high as Whitsunday's.

Residents
36,786
Speak another language
2,143
Languages at home
67
Change since 2016
+20.1%

Who speaks another language at home in Whitsunday?

The largest communities are small, but they're here: Spanish, Mandarin and Tagalog.

Spanish

291 speakers

The community has more than tripled since 2016.

Mandarin

222 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.6 per cent of residents.

Tagalog

111 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

Which languages make up most of Whitsunday's multilingual community?

The quickest growth among the five is Vietnamese, which has grown by more than half.

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

  1. 01
    Spanish
    291+533%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    222-11.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    111-9.8%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    104+52.9%
  5. 05
    Tongan
    101+98.0%

How does Whitsunday compare with Brisbane?

In Brisbane, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 77 councils in Queensland, Whitsunday is 16th.

Whitsunday
5.8%
Brisbane
22.8%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Compare Whitsunday with every council on the diversity index.

Which suburbs of Whitsunday have the largest multilingual communities?

Even across 26 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Whitsundays.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

Where were Whitsunday's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

Country of birth

14.2% born overseas, across 81 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,198+13.7%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    1,095-4.1%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    358+26.1%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    214+34.6%
  5. 05
    Germany
    160+3.9%
  6. 06
    Scotland
    134+24.1%
  7. 07
    Thailand
    123+53.8%
  8. 08
    Argentina
    120+2900%
  9. 09
    India
    116+45.0%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    111+56.3%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    15,776-14.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    15,769+62.2%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    328-27.1%
  4. 04
    Islam
    95+50.8%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    89+17.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    14-6.7%

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 5.8% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 4,217 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 17.3%, while measuring only those who answered gives 6.6%.

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.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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