SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Maranoa

12,666 residents · 30+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
14.1%
1,782 people
Growth since last census
+62.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.76× Queensland avg
0.52× national avg
Population
12,666
CALD residents
1,782
Languages spoken
30
Fastest-growing
+500%
Narrative

Why this matters

Maranoa is home to 12,666 residents. 14.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,782 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Maranoa 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
    Tagalog77 · 0.6%
    30.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino54 · 0.4%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin27 · 0.2%
    18.2%
  4. 04
    Hindi19 · 0.2%
    35.7%
  5. 05
    Arabic18 · 0.1%
    500.0%
  6. 06
    Fijian16 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  1. 01
    Afrikaans15 · 0.1%
    6.3%
  2. 02
    Gujarati12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese9 · 0.1%
    80.0%
  5. 05
    Urdu8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Maori (New Zealand)8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 85.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 14.1%
Tagalog
77 · -30.0%
Filipino
54 · +50.0%
Mandarin
27 · -18.2%
Hindi
19 · +35.7%
Arabic
18 · +500.0%
Fijian
16 · +300.0%
Afrikaans
15 · -6.3%
Gujarati
12 · 0.0%
Nepali
10 · +150.0%
Sinhalese
9 · +80.0%
Urdu
8
Maori (New Zealand)
8
Vietnamese
6
Bosnian
6
French
6
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tagalog77 · 0.6%
    30.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino54 · 0.4%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin27 · 0.2%
    18.2%
  4. 04
    Hindi19 · 0.2%
    35.7%
  5. 05
    Arabic18 · 0.1%
    500.0%
  6. 06
    Fijian16 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans15 · 0.1%
    6.3%
  8. 08
    Gujarati12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Nepali10 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese9 · 0.1%
    80.0%
  11. 11
    Urdu8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Maori (New Zealand)8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Arabic
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Fijian
+300.0%
16 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+150.0%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Maranoa.

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