QLD · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Whitsunday

5.8% of Whitsunday residents speak a language other than English at home, across 67 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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36,786

Residents

5.8%

+20.1%

Speak a language other than English

67

Languages spoken

#225

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Spanish
    291+533%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    222-11.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    111-9.8%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    104+52.9%
  5. 05
    Tongan
    101+98.0%
  6. 06
    French
    99-2.9%
  7. 07
    Thai
    94+14.6%
  8. 08
    Filipino
    87+11.5%
  9. 09
    German
    86-28.3%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans
    68+30.8%

67 languages recorded in Whitsunday(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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