SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Gympie

52,786 residents · 48+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.8%
4,628 people
Growth since last census
+62.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.56× Queensland avg
0.32× national avg
Population
52,786
CALD residents
4,628
Languages spoken
48
Fastest-growing
+286%
Narrative

Why this matters

Gympie is home to 52,786 residents. 8.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,628 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Gympie 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
    Afrikaans127 · 0.2%
    89.6%
  2. 02
    German114 · 0.2%
    14.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin86 · 0.2%
    83.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog71 · 0.1%
    65.1%
  5. 05
    Punjabi68 · 0.1%
    126.7%
  6. 06
    French47 · 0.1%
    4.1%
  1. 01
    Thai44 · 0.1%
    83.3%
  2. 02
    Dutch38 · 0.1%
    31.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese34 · 0.1%
    30.8%
  4. 04
    Italian32 · 0.1%
    10.3%
  5. 05
    Malayalam31 · 0.1%
    138.5%
  6. 06
    Auslan27 · 0.1%
    285.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.8%
Afrikaans
127 · +89.6%
German
114 · -14.3%
Mandarin
86 · +83.0%
Tagalog
71 · +65.1%
Punjabi
68 · +126.7%
French
47 · -4.1%
Thai
44 · +83.3%
Dutch
38 · +31.0%
Vietnamese
34 · +30.8%
Italian
32 · +10.3%
Malayalam
31 · +138.5%
Auslan
27 · +285.7%
Filipino
26 · -50.9%
Japanese
26 · +8.3%
Arabic
21 · +90.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans127 · 0.2%
    89.6%
  2. 02
    German114 · 0.2%
    14.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin86 · 0.2%
    83.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog71 · 0.1%
    65.1%
  5. 05
    Punjabi68 · 0.1%
    126.7%
  6. 06
    French47 · 0.1%
    4.1%
  7. 07
    Thai44 · 0.1%
    83.3%
  8. 08
    Dutch38 · 0.1%
    31.0%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese34 · 0.1%
    30.8%
  10. 10
    Italian32 · 0.1%
    10.3%
  11. 11
    Malayalam31 · 0.1%
    138.5%
  12. 12
    Auslan27 · 0.1%
    285.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Auslan
+285.7%
27 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Malayalam
+138.5%
31 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+126.7%
68 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Gympie.

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