SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Fraser Coast

110,027 residents · 80+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.6%
10,578 people
Growth since last census
+69.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.52× Queensland avg
0.36× national avg
Population
110,027
CALD residents
10,578
Languages spoken
80
Fastest-growing
+250%
Narrative

Why this matters

Fraser Coast is home to 110,027 residents. 9.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 10,578 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Fraser Coast 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
    German368 · 0.3%
    6.4%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans197 · 0.2%
    89.4%
  3. 03
    Mandarin181 · 0.2%
    30.2%
  4. 04
    Tagalog158 · 0.1%
    13.7%
  5. 05
    Malayalam141 · 0.1%
    151.8%
  6. 06
    Filipino127 · 0.1%
    84.1%
  1. 01
    Dutch125 · 0.1%
    10.1%
  2. 02
    Hindi104 · 0.1%
    22.4%
  3. 03
    Punjabi98 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  4. 04
    French95 · 0.1%
    4.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish94 · 0.1%
    27.0%
  6. 06
    Thai93 · 0.1%
    1.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.6%
German
368 · +6.4%
Afrikaans
197 · +89.4%
Mandarin
181 · +30.2%
Tagalog
158 · +13.7%
Malayalam
141 · +151.8%
Filipino
127 · +84.1%
Dutch
125 · -10.1%
Hindi
104 · +22.4%
Punjabi
98 · +250.0%
French
95 · -4.0%
Spanish
94 · +27.0%
Thai
93 · +1.1%
Arabic
79 · +154.8%
Nepali
73 · +40.4%
Vietnamese
71 · +34.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German368 · 0.3%
    6.4%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans197 · 0.2%
    89.4%
  3. 03
    Mandarin181 · 0.2%
    30.2%
  4. 04
    Tagalog158 · 0.1%
    13.7%
  5. 05
    Malayalam141 · 0.1%
    151.8%
  6. 06
    Filipino127 · 0.1%
    84.1%
  7. 07
    Dutch125 · 0.1%
    10.1%
  8. 08
    Hindi104 · 0.1%
    22.4%
  9. 09
    Punjabi98 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  10. 10
    French95 · 0.1%
    4.0%
  11. 11
    Spanish94 · 0.1%
    27.0%
  12. 12
    Thai93 · 0.1%
    1.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+250.0%
98 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Arabic
+154.8%
79 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+151.8%
141 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Fraser Coast.

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