4.1% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cooma Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Cooma Surrounds
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Cooma Surrounds speaks English as their only language, making it far less linguistically diverse than most other areas. Only 4.1% of the population use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.2% of residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, a rate that is well below the state average and lower than most similar areas.
0.5% ▲ +79.5%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Cooma Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101031015/cooma-surrounds/topic/language