SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Somerset

24,866 residents · 41+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.0%
2,731 people
Growth since last census
+78.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.59× Queensland avg
0.41× national avg
Population
24,866
CALD residents
2,731
Languages spoken
41
Fastest-growing
+300%
Narrative

Why this matters

Somerset is home to 24,866 residents. 11.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,731 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Somerset 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
    Filipino271 · 1.1%
    160.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog168 · 0.7%
    12.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese77 · 0.3%
    1.3%
  4. 04
    Bisaya75 · 0.3%
    200.0%
  5. 05
    German57 · 0.2%
    32.9%
  6. 06
    Mandarin46 · 0.2%
    13.2%
  1. 01
    Afrikaans42 · 0.2%
    31.3%
  2. 02
    Cebuano38 · 0.2%
    216.7%
  3. 03
    Korean27 · 0.1%
    8.0%
  4. 04
    French26 · 0.1%
    30.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish22 · 0.1%
    46.7%
  6. 06
    Samoan19 · 0.1%
    9.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.0%
Filipino
271 · +160.6%
Tagalog
168 · +12.0%
Vietnamese
77 · -1.3%
Bisaya
75 · +200.0%
German
57 · -32.9%
Mandarin
46 · -13.2%
Afrikaans
42 · +31.3%
Cebuano
38 · +216.7%
Korean
27 · +8.0%
French
26 · +30.0%
Spanish
22
Samoan
19
Dutch
13
Maltese
12
Cantonese
12
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino271 · 1.1%
    160.6%
  2. 02
    Tagalog168 · 0.7%
    12.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese77 · 0.3%
    1.3%
  4. 04
    Bisaya75 · 0.3%
    200.0%
  5. 05
    German57 · 0.2%
    32.9%
  6. 06
    Mandarin46 · 0.2%
    13.2%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans42 · 0.2%
    31.3%
  8. 08
    Cebuano38 · 0.2%
    216.7%
  9. 09
    Korean27 · 0.1%
    8.0%
  10. 10
    French26 · 0.1%
    30.0%
  11. 11
    Spanish22 · 0.1%
    46.7%
  12. 12
    Samoan19 · 0.1%
    9.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Maltese
+300.0%
12 speakers · 0.0% of LGA
#2
Language
Cebuano
+216.7%
38 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Bisaya
+200.0%
75 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Somerset.

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