17.5% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coogee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Coogee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Coogee compared to the national average. While 17.5% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the 22.3% figure for Australia. The area is mostly English-speaking, and the proportion of people using other languages has fallen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 77.3% of the community, with Italian being the most common second language at 3.9%. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state figure and has barely changed since 2016.
1.7% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507011152/coogee/topic/language