SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Banana

14,395 residents · 31+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
16.5%
2,375 people
Growth since last census
+68.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.89× Queensland avg
0.61× national avg
Population
14,395
CALD residents
2,375
Languages spoken
31
Fastest-growing
+220%
Narrative

Why this matters

Banana is home to 14,395 residents. 16.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,375 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Banana 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
    Mandarin116 · 0.8%
    205.3%
  2. 02
    Tagalog61 · 0.4%
    19.6%
  3. 03
    Filipino39 · 0.3%
    2.5%
  4. 04
    Nepali26 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans25 · 0.2%
    31.6%
  6. 06
    Spanish21 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese20 · 0.1%
    82.5%
  2. 02
    Portuguese20 · 0.1%
    62.3%
  3. 03
    Tamil16 · 0.1%
    69.2%
  4. 04
    Urdu16 · 0.1%
    220.0%
  5. 05
    Italian12 · 0.1%
    9.1%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 84%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 83.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 16.5%
Mandarin
116 · +205.3%
Tagalog
61 · +19.6%
Filipino
39 · -2.5%
Nepali
26 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
25 · +31.6%
Spanish
21 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
20 · -82.5%
Portuguese
20 · -62.3%
Tamil
16 · -69.2%
Urdu
16 · +220.0%
Italian
12
Sinhalese
10
French
10
Greek
9
German
9
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin116 · 0.8%
    205.3%
  2. 02
    Tagalog61 · 0.4%
    19.6%
  3. 03
    Filipino39 · 0.3%
    2.5%
  4. 04
    Nepali26 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans25 · 0.2%
    31.6%
  6. 06
    Spanish21 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese20 · 0.1%
    82.5%
  8. 08
    Portuguese20 · 0.1%
    62.3%
  9. 09
    Tamil16 · 0.1%
    69.2%
  10. 10
    Urdu16 · 0.1%
    220.0%
  11. 11
    Italian12 · 0.1%
    9.1%
  12. 12
    Sinhalese10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Urdu
+220.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+205.3%
116 speakers · 0.8% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+150.0%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Banana.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.