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We are Scenic Rim

We are Scenic Rim.

Home to one of the larger German-speaking communities in Queensland, and 51 other language communities besides.

Our population
42,649
Speak another language
4,189
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+90.2%
52 languages are spoken at home in Scenic Rim. German leads (142 speakers), with Korean close behind (90). 10 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 German at home
142
Our largest community language, German, is spoken by 0.3% of Scenic Rim residents at home.
What makes our community ours
German
142 speakers

142 speakers, 0.3% of Scenic Rim. -13% since 2021.

Korean
90 speakers

90 speakers, 0.2% of Scenic Rim. +17% since 2021.

Japanese
66 speakers

66 speakers, 0.2% of Scenic Rim. +57% since 2021.

The languages of Scenic Rim

52 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.

German
142 · -13.4%
Korean
90 · +16.9%
Japanese
66 · +57.1%
Mandarin
64 · +220.0%
Spanish
61 · +52.5%
Dutch
60 · +20.0%
French
57 · +32.6%
Afrikaans
47 · +23.7%
Italian
43 · +22.9%
Punjabi
39 · +129.4%
Yugambeh
37 · +825.0%
Tagalog
32 · +3.2%
Indonesian
29 · +70.6%
Russian
26 · -21.2%
Samoan
23 · +666.7%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    German142 · 0.3%
    13.4%
  2. 02
    Korean90 · 0.2%
    16.9%
  3. 03
    Japanese66 · 0.2%
    57.1%
  4. 04
    Mandarin64 · 0.2%
    220.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish61 · 0.1%
    52.5%
  6. 06
    Dutch60 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  7. 07
    French57 · 0.1%
    32.6%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans47 · 0.1%
    23.7%
  9. 09
    Italian43 · 0.1%
    22.9%
  10. 10
    Punjabi39 · 0.1%
    129.4%
  11. 11
    Yugambeh37 · 0.1%
    825.0%
  12. 12
    Tagalog32 · 0.1%
    3.2%
Fastest-growing among us
Yugambeh
+825.0% 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
Scenic Rim
9.8%
Queensland
15.8%
Australia
27.3%

9.8% of Scenic Rim residents speak a language other than English at home, against 15.8% for Queensland and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.