SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Rockhampton

81,253 residents · 83+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.2%
10,738 people
Growth since last census
+39.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.72× Queensland avg
0.49× national avg
Population
81,253
CALD residents
10,738
Languages spoken
83
Fastest-growing
+105%
Narrative

Why this matters

Rockhampton is home to 81,253 residents. 13.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 10,738 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Rockhampton 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
    Mandarin467 · 0.6%
    99.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog414 · 0.5%
    29.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese408 · 0.5%
    3.8%
  4. 04
    Nepali264 · 0.3%
    104.7%
  5. 05
    Filipino251 · 0.3%
    4.1%
  6. 06
    Punjabi225 · 0.3%
    52.0%
  1. 01
    Malayalam208 · 0.3%
    66.4%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans181 · 0.2%
    7.1%
  3. 03
    Tamil161 · 0.2%
    29.7%
  4. 04
    Portuguese161 · 0.2%
    37.4%
  5. 05
    Hindi129 · 0.2%
    7.2%
  6. 06
    Bengali114 · 0.1%
    6.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.2%
Mandarin
467 · +99.6%
Tagalog
414 · +29.0%
Vietnamese
408 · +3.8%
Nepali
264 · +104.7%
Filipino
251 · +4.1%
Punjabi
225 · +52.0%
Malayalam
208 · +66.4%
Afrikaans
181 · +7.1%
Tamil
161 · -29.7%
Portuguese
161 · -37.4%
Hindi
129 · -7.2%
Bengali
114 · +6.5%
Sinhalese
102 · +1.0%
Shona
102 · +6.3%
Cantonese
89 · +30.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin467 · 0.6%
    99.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog414 · 0.5%
    29.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese408 · 0.5%
    3.8%
  4. 04
    Nepali264 · 0.3%
    104.7%
  5. 05
    Filipino251 · 0.3%
    4.1%
  6. 06
    Punjabi225 · 0.3%
    52.0%
  7. 07
    Malayalam208 · 0.3%
    66.4%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans181 · 0.2%
    7.1%
  9. 09
    Tamil161 · 0.2%
    29.7%
  10. 10
    Portuguese161 · 0.2%
    37.4%
  11. 11
    Hindi129 · 0.2%
    7.2%
  12. 12
    Bengali114 · 0.1%
    6.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+104.7%
264 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+99.6%
467 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+66.4%
208 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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