SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Mount Isa

18,394 residents · 62+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
18.3%
3,362 people
Growth since last census
+53.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.99× Queensland avg
0.68× national avg
Population
18,394
CALD residents
3,362
Languages spoken
62
Fastest-growing
+309%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mount Isa is home to 18,394 residents. 18.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,362 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mount Isa 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
    Tagalog187 · 1.0%
    ▲28.1%
  2. 02
    Filipino167 · 0.9%
    ▼1.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans100 · 0.5%
    ▲12.4%
  4. 04
    Fijian86 · 0.5%
    ▲28.4%
  5. 05
    Malayalam80 · 0.4%
    ▲135.3%
  6. 06
    Shona53 · 0.3%
    ▲8.2%
  1. 01
    Mandarin45 · 0.2%
    ▲309.1%
  2. 02
    Punjabi40 · 0.2%
    ▲81.8%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)39 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese39 · 0.2%
    ▲143.8%
  5. 05
    Spanish37 · 0.2%
    ▲42.3%
  6. 06
    Tamil30 · 0.2%
    ▼21.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 82%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 81.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 18.3%
Tagalog
187 · +28.1%
Filipino
167 · -1.8%
Afrikaans
100 · +12.4%
Fijian
86 · +28.4%
Malayalam
80 · +135.3%
Shona
53 · +8.2%
Mandarin
45 · +309.1%
Punjabi
40 · +81.8%
Maori (New Zealand)
39 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
39 · +143.8%
Spanish
37 · +42.3%
Tamil
30 · -21.1%
Samoan
29 · -44.2%
Italian
29 · -21.6%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
25 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tagalog187 · 1.0%
    ▲28.1%
  2. 02
    Filipino167 · 0.9%
    ▼1.8%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans100 · 0.5%
    ▲12.4%
  4. 04
    Fijian86 · 0.5%
    ▲28.4%
  5. 05
    Malayalam80 · 0.4%
    ▲135.3%
  6. 06
    Shona53 · 0.3%
    ▲8.2%
  7. 07
    Mandarin45 · 0.2%
    ▲309.1%
  8. 08
    Punjabi40 · 0.2%
    ▲81.8%
  9. 09
    Maori (New Zealand)39 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese39 · 0.2%
    ▲143.8%
  11. 11
    Spanish37 · 0.2%
    ▲42.3%
  12. 12
    Tamil30 · 0.2%
    ▼21.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+309.1%
45 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Sinhalese
+143.8%
39 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+135.3%
80 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Mount Isa City
237 RESIDENTS
44.3% CALDTop: Tagalog
Mornington (Qld)
1,848 RESIDENTS
29.4% CALDTop: Tagalog
Lawn Hill
250 RESIDENTS
28.8% CALDTop: German
Menzies (Qld)
790 RESIDENTS
25.9% CALDTop: Tagalog
Camooweal
147 RESIDENTS
23.1% CALDTop: Indonesian
The Gap (Mount Isa - Qld)
676 RESIDENTS
22.6% CALDTop: Alyawarr
Mount Isa
496 RESIDENTS
20.2% CALDTop: Arabic
Fisher (Qld)
259 RESIDENTS
18.9% CALDTop: Fijian
Ryan (Qld)
401 RESIDENTS
18.7% CALDTop: Filipino
Townview
2,012 RESIDENTS
18.5% CALDTop: Tagalog
Pioneer (Qld)
2,303 RESIDENTS
18.1% CALDTop: Tagalog
Parkside (Qld)
1,509 RESIDENTS
17.9% CALDTop: Filipino
Use this data

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