4.4% ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cobar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Cobar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in daily life across Cobar, where only 4.4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few residents speak little or no English, with only 0.5% of the population in this category. While 80.9% speak only English, other languages include Punjabi, Mandarin, and Tagalog, each spoken by 0.3% of the community.
0.5% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011093/cobar/topic/language