SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

North Burnett

9,992 residents · 28+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.3%
1,533 people
Growth since last census
+54.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.83× Queensland avg
0.57× national avg
Population
9,992
CALD residents
1,533
Languages spoken
28
Fastest-growing
+275%
Narrative

Why this matters

North Burnett is home to 9,992 residents. 15.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,533 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for North Burnett 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
    Nepali92 · 0.9%
    187.5%
  2. 02
    Tongan77 · 0.8%
    12.5%
  3. 03
    Korean27 · 0.3%
    67.9%
  4. 04
    Mandarin23 · 0.2%
    42.5%
  5. 05
    Tagalog22 · 0.2%
    24.1%
  6. 06
    Filipino19 · 0.2%
    24.0%
  1. 01
    Japanese18 · 0.2%
    157.1%
  2. 02
    French16 · 0.2%
    38.5%
  3. 03
    Arabic15 · 0.2%
    275.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese15 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Thai15 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Indonesian14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 85%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 84.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.3%
Nepali
92 · +187.5%
Tongan
77 · -12.5%
Korean
27 · -67.9%
Mandarin
23 · -42.5%
Tagalog
22 · -24.1%
Filipino
19 · -24.0%
Japanese
18 · +157.1%
French
16 · -38.5%
Arabic
15 · +275.0%
Vietnamese
15 · 0.0%
Thai
15 · 0.0%
Indonesian
14 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
13 · -35.0%
Urdu
10 · -16.7%
German
10 · +42.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali92 · 0.9%
    187.5%
  2. 02
    Tongan77 · 0.8%
    12.5%
  3. 03
    Korean27 · 0.3%
    67.9%
  4. 04
    Mandarin23 · 0.2%
    42.5%
  5. 05
    Tagalog22 · 0.2%
    24.1%
  6. 06
    Filipino19 · 0.2%
    24.0%
  7. 07
    Japanese18 · 0.2%
    157.1%
  8. 08
    French16 · 0.2%
    38.5%
  9. 09
    Arabic15 · 0.2%
    275.0%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese15 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Thai15 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Indonesian14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Arabic
+275.0%
15 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Nepali
+187.5%
92 speakers · 0.9% of LGA
#3
Language
Japanese
+157.1%
18 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for North Burnett.

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