SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Gladstone

63,077 residents · 67+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
12.0%
7,553 people
Growth since last census
+15.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.65× Queensland avg
0.44× national avg
Population
63,077
CALD residents
7,553
Languages spoken
67
Fastest-growing
+79%
Narrative

Why this matters

Gladstone is home to 63,077 residents. 12.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 7,553 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Gladstone 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
    Afrikaans413 · 0.7%
    14.7%
  2. 02
    Tagalog348 · 0.6%
    11.7%
  3. 03
    Filipino347 · 0.6%
    41.1%
  4. 04
    Spanish136 · 0.2%
    78.9%
  5. 05
    Hindi116 · 0.2%
    22.1%
  6. 06
    Tamil115 · 0.2%
    5.5%
  1. 01
    Mandarin97 · 0.2%
    33.1%
  2. 02
    Punjabi85 · 0.1%
    9.0%
  3. 03
    German84 · 0.1%
    13.4%
  4. 04
    Thai73 · 0.1%
    12.3%
  5. 05
    Arabic71 · 0.1%
    29.7%
  6. 06
    Italian70 · 0.1%
    40.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 12.0%
Afrikaans
413 · +14.7%
Tagalog
348 · -11.7%
Filipino
347 · +41.1%
Spanish
136 · +78.9%
Hindi
116 · -22.1%
Tamil
115 · +5.5%
Mandarin
97 · -33.1%
Punjabi
85 · +9.0%
German
84 · -13.4%
Thai
73 · +12.3%
Arabic
71 · -29.7%
Italian
70 · +40.0%
Urdu
64 · +25.5%
Maori (New Zealand)
60 · -1.6%
Russian
52 · +48.6%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans413 · 0.7%
    14.7%
  2. 02
    Tagalog348 · 0.6%
    11.7%
  3. 03
    Filipino347 · 0.6%
    41.1%
  4. 04
    Spanish136 · 0.2%
    78.9%
  5. 05
    Hindi116 · 0.2%
    22.1%
  6. 06
    Tamil115 · 0.2%
    5.5%
  7. 07
    Mandarin97 · 0.2%
    33.1%
  8. 08
    Punjabi85 · 0.1%
    9.0%
  9. 09
    German84 · 0.1%
    13.4%
  10. 10
    Thai73 · 0.1%
    12.3%
  11. 11
    Arabic71 · 0.1%
    29.7%
  12. 12
    Italian70 · 0.1%
    40.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+78.9%
136 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Russian
+48.6%
52 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+41.1%
347 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Gladstone.

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