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Local Government Area · Queensland

Lockyer Valley

40,743 residents · 68+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.0%
5,308 people
Growth since last census
+71.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.71× Queensland avg
0.48× national avg
Population
40,743
CALD residents
5,308
Languages spoken
68
Fastest-growing
+353%
Narrative

Why this matters

Lockyer Valley is home to 40,743 residents. 13.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,308 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Lockyer Valley 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
    Mandarin477 · 1.2%
    ▲11.2%
  2. 02
    Gujarati195 · 0.5%
    ▲353.5%
  3. 03
    Arabic129 · 0.3%
    ▼11.6%
  4. 04
    Rohingya114 · 0.3%
    ▲115.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese112 · 0.3%
    ▲77.8%
  6. 06
    Punjabi111 · 0.3%
    ▲56.3%
  1. 01
    Korean89 · 0.2%
    ▼28.8%
  2. 02
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)78 · 0.2%
    ▲136.4%
  3. 03
    Cantonese75 · 0.2%
    ▲8.7%
  4. 04
    Japanese74 · 0.2%
    ▼10.8%
  5. 05
    German64 · 0.2%
    ▼14.7%
  6. 06
    Filipino45 · 0.1%
    ▼8.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 87.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.0%
Mandarin
477 · +11.2%
Gujarati
195 · +353.5%
Arabic
129 · -11.6%
Rohingya
114 · +115.1%
Vietnamese
112 · +77.8%
Punjabi
111 · +56.3%
Korean
89 · -28.8%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
78 · +136.4%
Cantonese
75 · +8.7%
Japanese
74 · -10.8%
German
64 · -14.7%
Filipino
45 · -8.2%
Thai
43 · +126.3%
Hindi
40 · -20.0%
Spanish
39 · -20.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin477 · 1.2%
    ▲11.2%
  2. 02
    Gujarati195 · 0.5%
    ▲353.5%
  3. 03
    Arabic129 · 0.3%
    ▼11.6%
  4. 04
    Rohingya114 · 0.3%
    ▲115.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese112 · 0.3%
    ▲77.8%
  6. 06
    Punjabi111 · 0.3%
    ▲56.3%
  7. 07
    Korean89 · 0.2%
    ▼28.8%
  8. 08
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)78 · 0.2%
    ▲136.4%
  9. 09
    Cantonese75 · 0.2%
    ▲8.7%
  10. 10
    Japanese74 · 0.2%
    ▼10.8%
  11. 11
    German64 · 0.2%
    ▼14.7%
  12. 12
    Filipino45 · 0.1%
    ▼8.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Gujarati
+353.5%
195 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
+136.4%
78 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+126.3%
43 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld)
487 RESIDENTS
64.9% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Lawes
103 RESIDENTS
64.1% CALDTop: Portuguese
Gatton
7,729 RESIDENTS
29.4% CALDTop: Mandarin
Iredale
320 RESIDENTS
16.9% CALDTop: Kannada
Upper Tenthill
264 RESIDENTS
15.5% CALD
Flagstone Creek
261 RESIDENTS
14.9% CALD
Helidon
1,127 RESIDENTS
13.0% CALDTop: Maltese
Stockyard (Lockyer Valley - Qld)
191 RESIDENTS
12.0% CALDTop: French
Grantham
853 RESIDENTS
11.8% CALDTop: Solomon Islands Pijin
Forest Hill (Qld)
820 RESIDENTS
11.5% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Laidley North
572 RESIDENTS
10.5% CALDTop: Yoruba
Churchable
259 RESIDENTS
10.4% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Lockyer Valley.

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