5.1% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolum Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Coolum Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Coolum Beach than in most similar areas. Only 5.1% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a very linguistically uniform community where English is the primary means of communication for the vast majority.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 90.3% of people at home, while only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 3.4%, though the proportion of people using another language rose slightly since 2011.
0.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Coolum Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316031425/coolum-beach/topic/language