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Local Government Area · Queensland

Central Highlands (Qld)

27,571 residents · 62+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
16.5%
4,547 people
Growth since last census
+63.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.89× Queensland avg
0.61× national avg
Population
27,571
CALD residents
4,547
Languages spoken
62
Fastest-growing
+300%
Narrative

Why this matters

Central Highlands (Qld) is home to 27,571 residents. 16.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,547 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Central Highlands (Qld) 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
    Afrikaans187 · 0.7%
    ▲14.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog153 · 0.6%
    ▲19.5%
  3. 03
    Mandarin115 · 0.4%
    ▲85.5%
  4. 04
    Tongan108 · 0.4%
    ▲191.9%
  5. 05
    Filipino103 · 0.4%
    ▼9.6%
  6. 06
    Punjabi58 · 0.2%
    ▲5.5%
  1. 01
    Hindi51 · 0.2%
    ▲200.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish38 · 0.1%
    ▲31.0%
  3. 03
    Thai36 · 0.1%
    ▲2.9%
  4. 04
    Samoan32 · 0.1%
    ▲300.0%
  5. 05
    Korean27 · 0.1%
    ▼12.9%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese26 · 0.1%
    ▲188.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 84%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 83.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 16.5%
Afrikaans
187 · +14.0%
Tagalog
153 · +19.5%
Mandarin
115 · +85.5%
Tongan
108 · +191.9%
Filipino
103 · -9.6%
Punjabi
58 · +5.5%
Hindi
51 · +200.0%
Spanish
38 · +31.0%
Thai
36 · +2.9%
Samoan
32 · +300.0%
Korean
27
Vietnamese
26
French
24
Shona
20
Sinhalese
19
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans187 · 0.7%
    ▲14.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog153 · 0.6%
    ▲19.5%
  3. 03
    Mandarin115 · 0.4%
    ▲85.5%
  4. 04
    Tongan108 · 0.4%
    ▲191.9%
  5. 05
    Filipino103 · 0.4%
    ▼9.6%
  6. 06
    Punjabi58 · 0.2%
    ▲5.5%
  7. 07
    Hindi51 · 0.2%
    ▲200.0%
  8. 08
    Spanish38 · 0.1%
    ▲31.0%
  9. 09
    Thai36 · 0.1%
    ▲2.9%
  10. 10
    Samoan32 · 0.1%
    ▲300.0%
  11. 11
    Korean27 · 0.1%
    ▼12.9%
  12. 12
    Vietnamese26 · 0.1%
    ▲188.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Samoan
+300.0%
32 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Hindi
+200.0%
51 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Tongan
+191.9%
108 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Jellinbah
347 RESIDENTS
33.1% CALD
Cairdbeign
455 RESIDENTS
27.9% CALDTop: Danish
Khosh Bulduk
441 RESIDENTS
19.7% CALD
Gindie
287 RESIDENTS
19.5% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Sapphire Central
1,022 RESIDENTS
18.4% CALDTop: Finnish
Blackwater
4,519 RESIDENTS
18.4% CALDTop: Tagalog
Capella
967 RESIDENTS
18.3% CALDTop: Spanish
Comet
349 RESIDENTS
17.5% CALDTop: German
Anakie Siding
403 RESIDENTS
17.1% CALD
Emerald (Qld)
14,686 RESIDENTS
16.3% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Willows
288 RESIDENTS
14.9% CALDTop: Maori (New Zealand)
Hibernia
277 RESIDENTS
14.8% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Central Highlands (Qld).

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