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We are Isaac

We are Isaac.

Home to one of the larger Tagalog-speaking communities in Queensland, and 40 other language communities besides.

Our population
21,867
Speak another language
5,459
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+38.9%
41 languages are spoken at home in Isaac. Tagalog leads (133 speakers), with Filipino close behind (104). 25 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak Tagalog at home
133
Our largest community language, Tagalog, is spoken by 0.6% of Isaac residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Tagalog
133 speakers

133 speakers, 0.6% of Isaac. +1% since 2021.

Filipino
104 speakers

104 speakers, 0.5% of Isaac. +76% since 2021.

Afrikaans
81 speakers

81 speakers, 0.4% of Isaac. -25% since 2021.

The languages of Isaac

41 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.

Tagalog
133 · +0.8%
Filipino
104 · +76.3%
Afrikaans
81 · -25.0%
Spanish
56 · +166.7%
Hindi
52 · +36.8%
Mandarin
34 · +36.0%
Punjabi
33 · +43.5%
Thai
29 · -17.1%
Sinhalese
25 · +92.3%
Urdu
25 · +78.6%
Maori (New Zealand)
23 · -20.7%
Shona
22 · +83.3%
Russian
18 · +63.6%
German
11 · -21.4%
Portuguese
10 · -16.7%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Tagalog133 · 0.6%
    0.8%
  2. 02
    Filipino104 · 0.5%
    76.3%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans81 · 0.4%
    25.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish56 · 0.3%
    166.7%
  5. 05
    Hindi52 · 0.2%
    36.8%
  6. 06
    Mandarin34 · 0.2%
    36.0%
  7. 07
    Punjabi33 · 0.2%
    43.5%
  8. 08
    Thai29 · 0.1%
    17.1%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese25 · 0.1%
    92.3%
  10. 10
    Urdu25 · 0.1%
    78.6%
  11. 11
    Maori (New Zealand)23 · 0.1%
    20.7%
  12. 12
    Shona22 · 0.1%
    83.3%
Fastest-growing among us
Spanish
+166.7% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

Our suburbs
Where we are
In context
Isaac
25.0%
Queensland
15.8%
Australia
27.3%

25.0% of Isaac residents speak a language other than English at home, against 15.8% for Queensland and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.