SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Goondiwindi

10,254 residents · 22+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.8%
1,206 people
Growth since last census
+26.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.75× Queensland avg
0.43× national avg
Population
10,254
CALD residents
1,206
Languages spoken
22
Fastest-growing
+200%
Narrative

Why this matters

Goondiwindi is home to 10,254 residents. 11.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,206 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Goondiwindi 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
    Afrikaans57 · 0.6%
    29.5%
  2. 02
    Tagalog35 · 0.3%
    84.2%
  3. 03
    Mandarin33 · 0.3%
    13.2%
  4. 04
    Punjabi33 · 0.3%
    32.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino30 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Spanish9 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  1. 01
    Cantonese9 · 0.1%
    30.8%
  2. 02
    Tamil7 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  3. 03
    Hindi7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Serbian6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Aboriginal English, so described5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Gujarati5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.8%
Afrikaans
57 · +29.5%
Tagalog
35 · +84.2%
Mandarin
33 · -13.2%
Punjabi
33 · +32.0%
Filipino
30 · -6.3%
Spanish
9 · +200.0%
Cantonese
9 · -30.8%
Tamil
7 · +133.3%
Hindi
7 · 0.0%
Serbian
6 · 0.0%
Aboriginal English, so described
5
Gujarati
5
Min Nan
5
Auslan
4
Sinhalese
4
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans57 · 0.6%
    29.5%
  2. 02
    Tagalog35 · 0.3%
    84.2%
  3. 03
    Mandarin33 · 0.3%
    13.2%
  4. 04
    Punjabi33 · 0.3%
    32.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino30 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Spanish9 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  7. 07
    Cantonese9 · 0.1%
    30.8%
  8. 08
    Tamil7 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  9. 09
    Hindi7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Serbian6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Aboriginal English, so described5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Gujarati5 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+200.0%
9 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Tamil
+133.3%
7 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+84.2%
35 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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