SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Balonne

4,319 residents · 18+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.4%
580 people
Growth since last census
+135.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.73× Queensland avg
0.50× national avg
Population
4,319
CALD residents
580
Languages spoken
18
Fastest-growing
+500%
Narrative

Why this matters

Balonne is home to 4,319 residents. 13.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 580 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Balonne into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Tagalog18 · 0.4%
    500.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans16 · 0.4%
    46.7%
  3. 03
    Tongan13 · 0.3%
    18.2%
  4. 04
    Malayalam10 · 0.2%
    25.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    233.3%
  6. 06
    Dutch10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Gamilaraay9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    French8 · 0.2%
    166.7%
  3. 03
    Fijian7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Indonesian6 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  6. 06
    Polish5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.4%
Tagalog
18 · +500.0%
Afrikaans
16 · -46.7%
Tongan
13 · +18.2%
Malayalam
10 · +25.0%
Mandarin
10 · +233.3%
Dutch
10 · 0.0%
Gamilaraay
9 · 0.0%
French
8 · +166.7%
Fijian
7 · 0.0%
Filipino
6 · 0.0%
Indonesian
6 · +20.0%
Polish
5 · 0.0%
Greek
4 · -33.3%
Vietnamese
4 · +33.3%
Malay
4 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tagalog18 · 0.4%
    500.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans16 · 0.4%
    46.7%
  3. 03
    Tongan13 · 0.3%
    18.2%
  4. 04
    Malayalam10 · 0.2%
    25.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    233.3%
  6. 06
    Dutch10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Gamilaraay9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    French8 · 0.2%
    166.7%
  9. 09
    Fijian7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Filipino6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Indonesian6 · 0.1%
    20.0%
  12. 12
    Polish5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+233.3%
10 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+166.7%
8 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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