QLD · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Toowoomba

8.0% of Toowoomba residents speak a language other than English at home, across 125 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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171,326

Residents

8.0%

+53.2%

Speak a language other than English

125

Languages spoken

#190

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Kurdish
    1,920+5233%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    1,155+28.0%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    863+3.6%
  4. 04
    Nepali
    748+141%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    688+131%
  6. 06
    Malayalam
    546+127%
  7. 07
    Tagalog
    539+28.0%
  8. 08
    Filipino
    511+33.4%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans
    465+16.8%
  10. 10
    Dinka
    456-3.4%

125 languages recorded in Toowoomba(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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