SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Whitsunday

36,786 residents · 59+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
17.3%
6,360 people
Growth since last census
+98.1%
vs previous census
In context
1.10× Queensland avg
0.63× national avg
Population
36,786
CALD residents
6,360
Languages spoken
59
Fastest-growing
+533%
Narrative

Why this matters

Whitsunday is home to 36,786 residents. 17.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 6,360 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Whitsunday 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
    Spanish291 · 0.8%
    532.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin222 · 0.6%
    11.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog111 · 0.3%
    9.8%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese104 · 0.3%
    52.9%
  5. 05
    Tongan101 · 0.3%
    98.0%
  6. 06
    French99 · 0.3%
    2.9%
  1. 01
    Thai94 · 0.3%
    14.6%
  2. 02
    Filipino87 · 0.2%
    11.5%
  3. 03
    German86 · 0.2%
    28.3%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans68 · 0.2%
    30.8%
  5. 05
    Punjabi64 · 0.2%
    56.1%
  6. 06
    Italian59 · 0.2%
    35.2%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 83%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 82.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 17.3%
Spanish
291 · +532.6%
Mandarin
222 · -11.2%
Tagalog
111 · -9.8%
Vietnamese
104 · +52.9%
Tongan
101 · +98.0%
French
99 · -2.9%
Thai
94 · +14.6%
Filipino
87 · +11.5%
German
86 · -28.3%
Afrikaans
68 · +30.8%
Punjabi
64 · +56.1%
Italian
59 · -35.2%
Korean
54 · -61.7%
Indonesian
53 · +178.9%
Bislama
52 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Spanish291 · 0.8%
    532.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin222 · 0.6%
    11.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog111 · 0.3%
    9.8%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese104 · 0.3%
    52.9%
  5. 05
    Tongan101 · 0.3%
    98.0%
  6. 06
    French99 · 0.3%
    2.9%
  7. 07
    Thai94 · 0.3%
    14.6%
  8. 08
    Filipino87 · 0.2%
    11.5%
  9. 09
    German86 · 0.2%
    28.3%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans68 · 0.2%
    30.8%
  11. 11
    Punjabi64 · 0.2%
    56.1%
  12. 12
    Italian59 · 0.2%
    35.2%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+532.6%
291 speakers · 0.8% of LGA
#2
Language
Indonesian
+178.9%
53 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Tongan
+98.0%
101 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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