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Languages spoken in Whitfield (Qld)
10.4% of Whitfield (Qld) residents speak a language other than English at home, across 31 languages (ABS Census 2021).
4,219
Residents
10.4%
+29.9%Speak a language other than English
31
Languages spoken
20.3%
+15.8%Born overseas
Most spoken languages
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.
- 01Japanese109+19.8%
- 02Mandarin38+124%
- 03Punjabi23
- 04Tagalog23+91.7%
- 05Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)21+61.5%
- 06Afrikaans18-5.3%
- 07French18+500%
- 08German18-51.4%
- 09Cantonese17+41.7%
- 10Dutch17+325%
Where residents were born
20.3% born overseas, across 39 countries.
- 01England197-4.8%
- 02New Zealand124-1.6%
- 03Japan64+42.2%
- 04India46+820%
- 05Philippines43+10.3%
- 06Papua New Guinea31-32.6%
- 07South Africa29+38.1%
- 08Scotland28-6.7%
- 09Canada26+189%
- 10China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)24+60.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation in Whitfield (Qld) at the 2021 Census.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs1,989+28.1%
- 02Christianity1,852-15.5%
- 03Buddhism69+50.0%
- 04Islam25+66.7%
- 05Hinduism13+85.7%
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