Where the Samoan community lives in Gold Coast

Pimpama has the largest Samoan community: 1.5% of residents reported Samoan ancestry and 0.5% speak Samoan at home. Upper Coomera and Coomera follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 18 eligible Gold Coast suburbs. In Gold Coast suburbs of 2,000+ residents, 0.4% of people reported Samoan ancestry (2021 Census).

Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who reported Samoan ancestry. Ancestry is the broadest measure — it includes Australian-born second and third generations, not just migrants. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Gold Coast's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.

They are different census angles on the Samoan community: ancestry is the broadest, since it includes people born here and language at home counts the actively speaking core. They rarely match, and seeing them together tells you whether a suburb's community is long-established, newly-arrived, or somewhere in between.

They measure different things and come from different census questions. Ancestry is a multiple-response question (a person can report up to two), so it isn't a clean share of population; birthplace counts only people born overseas; and language counts only those who still speak it at home. This is descriptive demographic data, not a recommendation to seek out or avoid anywhere.

The census lists no Samoa birthplace field, so the migrant angle shown on other community pages is not available here.

The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.