SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Sunshine Coast

339,346 residents · 109+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.4%
35,136 people
Growth since last census
+84.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.66× Queensland avg
0.38× national avg
Population
339,346
CALD residents
35,136
Languages spoken
109
Fastest-growing
+347%
Narrative

Why this matters

Sunshine Coast is home to 339,346 residents. 10.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 35,136 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Sunshine Coast 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
    German1,398 · 0.4%
    5.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish1,071 · 0.3%
    98.7%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans1,058 · 0.3%
    47.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin1,004 · 0.3%
    59.4%
  5. 05
    Portuguese960 · 0.3%
    346.5%
  6. 06
    Punjabi855 · 0.3%
    125.6%
  1. 01
    Nepali800 · 0.2%
    270.4%
  2. 02
    French771 · 0.2%
    5.9%
  3. 03
    Malayalam677 · 0.2%
    149.8%
  4. 04
    Italian621 · 0.2%
    2.2%
  5. 05
    Thai566 · 0.2%
    30.4%
  6. 06
    Korean531 · 0.2%
    39.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.4%
German
1,398 · -5.0%
Spanish
1,071 · +98.7%
Afrikaans
1,058 · +47.6%
Mandarin
1,004 · +59.4%
Portuguese
960 · +346.5%
Punjabi
855 · +125.6%
Nepali
800 · +270.4%
French
771 · +5.9%
Malayalam
677 · +149.8%
Italian
621 · -2.2%
Thai
566 · +30.4%
Korean
531 · +39.4%
Dutch
517 · -16.2%
Tagalog
466 · +59.6%
Japanese
459 · +22.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German1,398 · 0.4%
    5.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish1,071 · 0.3%
    98.7%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans1,058 · 0.3%
    47.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin1,004 · 0.3%
    59.4%
  5. 05
    Portuguese960 · 0.3%
    346.5%
  6. 06
    Punjabi855 · 0.3%
    125.6%
  7. 07
    Nepali800 · 0.2%
    270.4%
  8. 08
    French771 · 0.2%
    5.9%
  9. 09
    Malayalam677 · 0.2%
    149.8%
  10. 10
    Italian621 · 0.2%
    2.2%
  11. 11
    Thai566 · 0.2%
    30.4%
  12. 12
    Korean531 · 0.2%
    39.4%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Portuguese
+346.5%
960 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Nepali
+270.4%
800 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+149.8%
677 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Sunshine Coast.

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