What are the most multilingual suburbs in Queensland?

The top-ranked suburbs are Badu Island, Aurukun, Yarrabah, Bamaga, Lockhart River, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

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The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Most Multilingual Suburbs in Queensland

Suburbs with the highest share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census, usual residence). Suburbs with fewer than 500 Census residents are excluded.

Rank	Suburb	Share
#1	Badu Island	90.6%
#2	Aurukun	90.0%
#3	Yarrabah	81.6%
#4	Bamaga	81.0%
#5	Lockhart River	73.7%
#6	Robertson	64.6%
#7	Stretton	64.6%
#8	Rochedale	64.2%
#9	Hope Vale	63.1%
#10	Pallara	62.0%
#11	Calamvale	61.5%
#12	Horn	60.2%
#13	Macgregor	60.0%
#14	Pormpuraaw	59.9%
#15	Sunnybank	59.9%
#16	Inala	57.9%
#17	Runcorn	57.9%
#18	Sunnybank Hills	57.8%
#19	Eight Mile Plains	57.6%
#20	Kuraby	56.7%
#21	Doolandella	56.2%
#22	Heathwood	56.0%
#23	Thursday Island	53.6%
#24	Durack	52.1%
#25	Drewvale	51.4%
#26	Richlands	50.3%
#27	Coopers Plains	49.9%
#28	Underwood	47.7%
#29	South Brisbane	44.9%
#30	Darra	44.5%
#31	Brisbane City	44.2%
#32	Spring Mountain	43.7%
#33	Berrinba	43.4%
#34	Palm Island	43.3%
#35	Parkinson	42.7%
#36	Spring Hill	41.9%
#37	Logan Central	41.5%
#38	Fitzgibbon	40.5%
#39	Ellen Grove	39.7%
#40	Wishart	39.5%
#41	Wellesley Islands	38.5%
#42	Woodridge	38.1%
#43	Algester	37.9%
#44	Mackenzie	37.0%
#45	Indooroopilly	36.0%
#46	Upper Mount Gravatt	35.4%
#47	Acacia Ridge	35.0%
#48	Woolloongabba	34.5%
#49	Marsden	34.3%
#50	Mansfield	34.0%

Share is from the 2021 Census (usual residence). Suburbs with fewer than 500 Census residents are excluded.

Last updated 24 July 2026 at 1:43 am AEST

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