QLD · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Gold Coast

12.5% of Gold Coast residents speak a language other than English at home, across 153 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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616,177

Residents

12.5%

+27.3%

Speak a language other than English

153

Languages spoken

#144

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    11,626+28.4%
  2. 02
    Japanese
    5,900+5.1%
  3. 03
    Portuguese
    4,982+116%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    4,771+60.2%
  5. 05
    Korean
    3,711+9.0%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    3,118+9.8%
  7. 07
    Punjabi
    2,965+112%
  8. 08
    Italian
    2,052-1.6%
  9. 09
    French
    1,843-4.8%
  10. 10
    German
    1,792-12.4%

153 languages recorded in Gold Coast(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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