17.4% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coorparoo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Coorparoo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 79% of Coorparoo residents. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, the proportion of people speaking other languages remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.4% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 2.6 percentage points since 2011. Mandarin, Greek, Hindi and Punjabi are the most common non-English languages, yet only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English.
1.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Coorparoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303021053/coorparoo/topic/language