1.3% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolamon · Council (LGA)
Language in Coolamon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few residents use a language other than English in Coolamon, placing it among the lowest for linguistic diversity in its category. Only 1.3% of people speak another language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 92.8% of the population. The proportion of people who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas at just 0.1%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
0.1% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.1%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12000/coolamon/topic/language