QLD · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Sunshine Coast

5.2% of Sunshine Coast residents speak a language other than English at home, across 114 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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337,911

Residents

5.2%

+49.2%

Speak a language other than English

114

Languages spoken

#242

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    German
    1,406-4.5%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    1,062+99.2%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans
    1,054+47.4%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    998+58.7%
  5. 05
    Portuguese
    937+338%
  6. 06
    Punjabi
    852+128%
  7. 07
    Nepali
    800+270%
  8. 08
    French
    755+4.6%
  9. 09
    Malayalam
    673+148%
  10. 10
    Italian
    619-3.1%

114 languages recorded in Sunshine 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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