SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

South Burnett

32,684 residents · 43+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.3%
3,701 people
Growth since last census
+77.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.72× Queensland avg
0.42× national avg
Population
32,684
CALD residents
3,701
Languages spoken
43
Fastest-growing
+344%
Narrative

Why this matters

South Burnett is home to 32,684 residents. 11.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,701 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for South 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
    Mandarin71 · 0.2%
    ▲343.8%
  2. 02
    Tagalog70 · 0.2%
    ▲27.3%
  3. 03
    Filipino70 · 0.2%
    ▼7.9%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans66 · 0.2%
    ▲20.0%
  5. 05
    Auslan46 · 0.1%
    ▲170.6%
  6. 06
    French27 · 0.1%
    ▲12.5%
  1. 01
    Thai23 · 0.1%
    ▲35.3%
  2. 02
    German23 · 0.1%
    ▼60.3%
  3. 03
    Malayalam22 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Italian22 · 0.1%
    ▲15.8%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese21 · 0.1%
    ▼4.5%
  6. 06
    Arabic19 · 0.1%
    ▲171.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.3%
Mandarin
71 · +343.8%
Tagalog
70 · +27.3%
Filipino
70 · -7.9%
Afrikaans
66 · +20.0%
Auslan
46 · +170.6%
French
27 · +12.5%
Thai
23 · +35.3%
German
23 · -60.3%
Malayalam
22 · 0.0%
Italian
22 · +15.8%
Vietnamese
21 · -4.5%
Arabic
19 · +171.4%
Punjabi
17 · +112.5%
Nepali
12 · +71.4%
Sinhalese
11 · -21.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin71 · 0.2%
    ▲343.8%
  2. 02
    Tagalog70 · 0.2%
    ▲27.3%
  3. 03
    Filipino70 · 0.2%
    ▼7.9%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans66 · 0.2%
    ▲20.0%
  5. 05
    Auslan46 · 0.1%
    ▲170.6%
  6. 06
    French27 · 0.1%
    ▲12.5%
  7. 07
    Thai23 · 0.1%
    ▲35.3%
  8. 08
    German23 · 0.1%
    ▼60.3%
  9. 09
    Malayalam22 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  10. 10
    Italian22 · 0.1%
    ▲15.8%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese21 · 0.1%
    ▼4.5%
  12. 12
    Arabic19 · 0.1%
    ▲171.4%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+343.8%
71 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Arabic
+171.4%
19 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Auslan
+170.6%
46 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Moffatdale
382 RESIDENTS
20.4% CALDTop: Italian
Teelah
438 RESIDENTS
20.1% CALDTop: Thai
Wattle Camp
532 RESIDENTS
14.8% CALD
Barker Creek Flat
256 RESIDENTS
14.5% CALD
Blackbutt North
452 RESIDENTS
14.4% CALDTop: Russian
Goodger
175 RESIDENTS
14.3% CALDTop: Auslan
Kumbia
357 RESIDENTS
14.3% CALD
Tarong
491 RESIDENTS
14.3% CALDTop: Greek
Mondure
273 RESIDENTS
13.9% CALDTop: French
Ellesmere
557 RESIDENTS
13.8% CALDTop: Arabic
Proston
564 RESIDENTS
13.7% CALDTop: Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)
Cloyna
311 RESIDENTS
13.5% CALDTop: French
Use this data

Commission a gap report for South Burnett.

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