SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Weipa

4,066 residents · 22+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
21.7%
884 people
Growth since last census
+165.1%
vs previous census
In context
1.18× Queensland avg
0.80× national avg
Population
4,066
CALD residents
884
Languages spoken
22
Fastest-growing
+800%
Narrative

Why this matters

Weipa is home to 4,066 residents. 21.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 884 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Weipa 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
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)43 · 1.1%
    ▼51.1%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans27 · 0.7%
    ▲800.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino21 · 0.5%
    ▲200.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog20 · 0.5%
    ▼13.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian17 · 0.4%
    ▲41.7%
  6. 06
    Tamil12 · 0.3%
    ▲300.0%
  1. 01
    Thai11 · 0.3%
    ▼38.9%
  2. 02
    Aboriginal English, so described11 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    Greek6 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish6 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  5. 05
    Uygur6 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Wik Mungkan5 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 78%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 78.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 21.7%
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
43 · -51.1%
Afrikaans
27 · +800.0%
Filipino
21 · +200.0%
Tagalog
20 · -13.0%
Fijian
17 · +41.7%
Tamil
12 · +300.0%
Thai
11 · -38.9%
Aboriginal English, so described
11 · 0.0%
Greek
6 · 0.0%
Spanish
6 · 0.0%
Uygur
6
Wik Mungkan
5
Japanese
4
Indonesian
4
French
4
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)43 · 1.1%
    ▼51.1%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans27 · 0.7%
    ▲800.0%
  3. 03
    Filipino21 · 0.5%
    ▲200.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog20 · 0.5%
    ▼13.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian17 · 0.4%
    ▲41.7%
  6. 06
    Tamil12 · 0.3%
    ▲300.0%
  7. 07
    Thai11 · 0.3%
    ▼38.9%
  8. 08
    Aboriginal English, so described11 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  9. 09
    Greek6 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish6 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  11. 11
    Uygur6 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  12. 12
    Wik Mungkan5 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Afrikaans
+800.0%
27 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#2
Language
Tamil
+300.0%
12 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+200.0%
21 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Evans Landing
51 RESIDENTS
62.7% CALDTop: Filipino
Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld)
1,605 RESIDENTS
24.2% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Trunding
1,511 RESIDENTS
20.6% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Nanum
899 RESIDENTS
16.8% CALDTop: Tagalog
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Weipa.

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